359 Quotes by Bob Woodward

Nobody believes – even the people who believe in him somehow believe in him without believing what he says.

I always am very aggressive and putting out much more than people would like, but that’s the business I’m in.

You couldn’t talk to him in adult logic. Teenage logic was necessary.

I’m not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn’t know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them.

Trump arrived and sat down. Hot dogs and hamburgers were laid out. The fantasy diet of an 11-year-old kid, Bannon thought, as Trump wolfed down two hot dogs.

People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I’m a Washington insider, and you know, that’s quite silly. What does that even mean?

We need to know if the commander in chief is fully with us or not,” Mattis said. “We can’t fight a half-assed war anymore.” In order for the military to succeed, Mattis needed Trump to be all-in on the strategy. “I’m tired of hearing that we have to do this or that to protect our homeland or to ensure our national security,” Trump said.

Cohn had a packet of Goldman Sachs–style charts and tables to educate the president on taxes. Trump was not interested and did not read it.

If you want to do it now,” Priebus continued, “Pence is prepared to step up, and Condi Rice will come in as his VP.