159 Quotes by Mark Shields

The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.

One of the first things every press secretary assures you is, the boss has a wonderful sense of humor, because not to have a sense of humor is considered flagrantly un-American.

What you have is two men seeking the White House; they're both products of prominent New England families. They both went to private boarding schools. They both went to a prestigious university.

If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.

There is definitely a certain proportion of this population for whom the only way to deal with humiliation - the only way to regain respect - is through violence. This is a place where many people don't look for ways to resolve a dispute. They take all matters to the very bitter end.

Stronger together is, I think, a preposition and a comparative adjective, but it's not really an action verb or what it is.

You can't have someone with a pinkie out there at the U.N. or any other place.

More and more young people are coming out because in the past 10 years especially we've seen a growth in positive gay role models, from Ellen DeGeneres to TV shows like 'Will and Grace' to openly gay public officials. Youth are seeing that you can be out and be a healthy, happy citizen.

I think Democrats ought to be concerned, that the party has become almost prideful about the college-educated vote that it's getting, the support that Hillary Clinton is getting against Donald Trump.