One of the reasons the Europeans don't like the Muslims is because they are religious. Americans like the fact that they are religious. They just don't like the form it takes. Sally Quinn More Quotes by Sally Quinn More Quotes From Sally Quinn ... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it. Sally Quinn government writing people We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper. Sally Quinn junkie imagine newspapers The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again. Sally Quinn pain football sports That's what I've decided I am. A seeker of wisdom and truth. Sally Quinn seekers decided Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them. Sally Quinn position-of-power house people Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them. Sally Quinn people Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment. Sally Quinn husband advice interesting We live in such a noisy world that we need to stop and just let things happen. Let it grow. Sally Quinn grows world needs I was brought up by an Episcopalian father and Presbyterian mother in nondenominational Army chapels all over the world and never really had much religious experience. Sally Quinn religious mother father I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack. Sally Quinn ongoing pigs two I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were. Sally Quinn crowds people years Religion is something that you need to do in silence. Sally Quinn silence needs I would rather live in McCain's world than Obama's. But I believe that we live in Obama's world. Sally Quinn i-believe believe world Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere. Sally Quinn white people thinking Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats. Sally Quinn polls democrat shows Women will have all the power one day anyway. It's just a matter of time. Sally Quinn matter-of-time one-day matter It is only in the fundamentalist religions that women are relegated to second class. Radical Evangelicals, Muslims, and Jews all have the same view of women. Sally Quinn fundamentalist-religion views class Its always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons. Sally Quinn wagons administration circles Social climbing and power climbing -- the two are often synonymous -- are what make Washington run. ... If there are more than two people together, if there are three, one of them is climbing. Sally Quinn climbing running two Silence is deeply important in all of our lives. Sally Quinn silence-is silence important
