76 Quotes by Susan Estrich

My women students openly admit that they dress for interviews like dates, hoping to look their best: makeup, high heels, a well-fitting suit that shows off their figure. And I always tell them to make sure to wear a shirt under the suit jacket. Form fitting, yes. Cleavage, no.

Perhaps the cruelest thing ever said of Hubert Humphrey was that he had the soul of a vice president.

When I was applying to college, my mother told me I could apply to any school within the Boston subway map.

Most people don't actually like the press. The friend of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.

Politics isn't just about doing the right thing. It's also about winning.

When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?

People don't vote for vice president, they vote for president.

Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their bosses.

When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give a bad speech. Even a bad speech sounds good in a convention hall like this.