Woodward Quotes & Sayings

This / is the use of trampolines / I will remember, the broken sunlight / Coming through the trees in a strange / Land, and lighting up my rising / And falling children, and their friends, / And the apples falling, / The new trees rising. — Gerard Woodward

Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do. — Orrin Woodward

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known. — Bob Woodward

The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable. — C. Vann Woodward

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard. — Bob Woodward

You cannot expect your team to rise above your example. — Orrin Woodward

Those who serve deserve. — Orrin Woodward

An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try. — Joanne Woodward

Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him. — Bob Woodward

Power in society is achieved through control of the purse, pen, and politics. — Orrin Woodward

Pressure squeezes effort out of winners and excuses out of losers. — Orrin Woodward

Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form. — Bob Woodward

Learn to use the criticism as fuel and you will never run out of energy. — Orrin Woodward

All religions remind us that actions have consequences for which guilt can and must be acknowledged, forgiveness humbly begged, reconciliation sought. — Kenneth L. Woodward

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews. — Bob Woodward

A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits. — Orrin Woodward

Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been. — William E. Woodward

The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal. — Bob Woodward

I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print. — Bob Woodward

The unsuccessful person neither thinks nor acts; the average person either thinks or acts; the successful person thinks and then acts! — Orrin Woodward

To lead from the front you must get off your behind. — Orrin Woodward

You don't get lucky in sport. — Clive Woodward

If you're going down the wrong path, speeding up isn't going to help. — Orrin Woodward

Defeats are merely repeats with better information. — Orrin Woodward

History can teach us so much, and yet we seem to learns so little. — Orrin Woodward

Men's Leadership Success Formula: Get up, Show up, Man up, Mentor up, and Move up! — Orrin Woodward

I fear insignificance more than I fear failure. — Orrin Woodward

It's not about what you're capable of, it's about what you are willing to endure. — Orrin Woodward

When the urgent crowds out the important, people urgently accomplish nothing of value. — Orrin Woodward

Excuses are used to justify leaving the scene of truth without changing. — Orrin Woodward

Unsolved problems on the inside of a person stop success more often than problems on the outside of a person. — Orrin Woodward

Knowledge is understanding universals; wisdom is the ability to recognize universal from the presented particulars. — Orrin Woodward

Everyone has a bad hair day; the trick is not to have one on picture day. — Mark R. Woodward

You can tell the size of a person by the way he treats people who cannot help him. — Orrin Woodward

We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure. — Bob Woodward

To those who will decide if he should be tried for 'high crimes and misdemeanors' -the House of Representatives-
And to those who would sit in judgment at such a trial if the House impeaches -the Senate-
And to the man who would preside at such an impeachment trial -the Chief Justice of the United States, Warren Burger-
And to the nation ...
The President said, 'I want you to know that I have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the American people elected me to do for the people of the United States.'
- Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward — Carl Bernstein

The more prepared you are, the less pressure you feel. — Orrin Woodward

I think there are people out there who just kind of say, let's repot the plant. Let's give somebody else a chance. And it's not just anger or disappointment in their lives, it's the sense of, let's shake this up. And no one is shaking it up as much as Trump. — Bob Woodward

You can't lose in sales if you remember that you're not selling; you're solving problems. — Orrin Woodward

Indifference to love or hate is sitting on the fence between the two, refusing to engage either one of them. Indifference, if it had its own way, would prefer to step away from the whole struggle between love and hate, to walk away from the only real game in the world and wallow in its own mediocrity. — Mark R. Woodward

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it. — Bob Woodward

A leader must inspire or his team will expire. — Orrin Woodward

Ultimately, the Populists caved to the pressure and abandoned their former allies. "While the [Populist] movement was at the peak of zeal," Woodward observed, "the two races had surprised each other and astonished their opponents by the harmony they achieved and the good will with which they co-operated."27 But when it became clear that the conservatives would stop at nothing to decimate their alliance, the biracial partnership dissolved, and Populist leaders re-aligned themselves with conservatives. Even Tom Watson, who had been among the most forceful advocates for an interracial alliance of farmers, concluded that Populist principles could never be fully embraced by the South until blacks were eliminated from politics. — Michelle Alexander

Imagine if we applied as much grace to others as we give ourselves & as much law to ourselves as we apply to others. — Orrin Woodward

You will never realize success on the outside until you can see it clearly o the inside. Success is inside out. — Orrin Woodward

The blind spot for the in the Southern Progressive Movement - as for that matter in the national [progressive] movement - was the Negro, for the whole movement in the South coincided paradoxically with the crest of the wave of racism. Still more important to the association of the two movements was the fact that their leaders were often identical. In fact, the typical Progressive reformer rode to power in the South on a disenfranchising or white-supremacy movement. — C. Vann Woodward

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible? — Orrin Woodward

Those who do not study their businesses do not stay in business. — Orrin Woodward

You will never know what could have been done until you start doing what needs to be done. — Orrin Woodward

Victims blame, managers maintain, and leaders change. — Orrin Woodward

Most complain about dried up lawns; others envy a neighbor's green lawn, but winners learn from all lawns while cultivating their own. — Orrin Woodward

I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate. — Bob Woodward

Free society's organize around the "invisible hand" while Force society's organize around the State's "visible fist. — Orrin Woodward

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch. — Bob Woodward

The fact he has some kind of bond with you is quite extraordinary", she [Deep Throat's daughter] said. "He doesn't remember Ed Miller and other FBI guys. He remembers J. Edgar Hoover".
Well, I thought, Hoover and me. — Bob Woodward

Every uncomfortable experience in life gives you the choice of growing bitter or better. — Orrin Woodward

Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease. — Orrin Woodward

Success is assured when a person fears the pain of regret more than the pain of the process. — Orrin Woodward

Until you accept responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life. — Orrin Woodward

The support in Britain made a big difference. — Louise Woodward

You have to acquire a personal peace of mind which comes with understanding. — Sandy Woodward

I wish people could accomplish everything they want so they could learn its not everything they need. — Orrin Woodward

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

Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own. — Orrin Woodward

Winners gather together to fuel hope; losers gossip together to fuel hate. — Orrin Woodward

For a person to make a difference in the world, he must be different than the world. — Orrin Woodward

Winning requires reaching inside of yourself for that extra gear to accelerate challenges. — Orrin Woodward

Simons, as restrained as Bradlee could be hard-charging and obstreperous, liked to tell of watching Bradlee grind his cigarrettes out in a demitasse cup during a formal dinner party. Bradlee was one of the few persons who could pull that kind of thing off and leave the hostess saying how charming he was.
Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward — Carl Bernstein

Leaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team. — Orrin Woodward

If life is like a canoe in a raging river then wisdom is the paddle to successfully navigate. — Orrin Woodward

Break your bad labels instead of living in them. — Orrin Woodward

Ideas have enormous consequences in a person's life because you ultimately become what you believe. — Orrin Woodward

Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it. — Bob Woodward

Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new. — Orrin Woodward

Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don't know anyone who has changed their vote because of it. — Bob Woodward

There can be no one best way of organizing a business. — Joanne Woodward

A dream that you don't fight for can haunt you for the rest of your life." - Orrin Woodward — Delaine Christine

True leadership is the orchestration of truth into action to shine Light into darkness. — Orrin Woodward

If you aren't loyal to the few you won't be blessed with the many. — Orrin Woodward

To ensure longterm failure is not an option, one must learn from many short-term failures. — Orrin Woodward

Most people settle in life with no satisfaction. Winners are satisfied without ever settling. — Orrin Woodward

The difference between success & failure isn't ability as much as action. — Orrin Woodward

You can not become who you want to be until you have changed who you used to be — Orrin Woodward

Finally, I will forever be grateful to W. Mark Felt. It was a tug-of-war at times, but he came through, providing the kind of guidance, information and understanding that were essential to the Watergate story. — Bob Woodward

Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts. — Orrin Woodward

Leadership isn't what a team says, but what it does. — Orrin Woodward

Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications. — Orrin Woodward

All leaders model and message; unfortunately, most would-be leaders model doesn't align with their message. — Orrin Woodward

You can't make a difference until you dare to be different. — Orrin Woodward

It did matter to get out of bed. There were webs to weave. Strings to grasp. Packages to deliver. Conversations to start. Thoughts to be expressed. Sams to slam into. Oceans to swim. And sad little men hiding in electrical sockets, waiting to be born of the human imagination. — Bud Macfarlane Jr.

Dollar bill: people spend their whole life seeking to earn it, but won't spend 10 minutes seeking to learn it. — Orrin Woodward

Do you see a problem in every opportunity or an opportunity in every problem? — Orrin Woodward

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting. — Bob Woodward

I think the media has become incredibly corrupt. We used to have a profound tradition of investigative journalism in the United States. Some journalists were real heroes, such as Bob Woodward who helped uncover the Watergate scandal. But today he is leading the opposite charge, trying to bring down the careers of people and score easy victories. In other words, those who used to bust the status quo have now become the status quo. — Marianne Williamson

Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity. — Bob Woodward

Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb. — Orrin Woodward

Another time Nixon asked Butterfield, "Are these goddamn cabinet members that we invite to the various social functions at the White House, do they get around and talk to people?" There were usually a handful of cabinet members at state dinners, receptions or the Sunday worship service. "That should be one of their duties," Nixon said. "Honestly, Mr. President," Butterfield replied, "no, they don't get around that much and I don't think they see making conversation with other guests is one of their duties." "Well," Nixon said, "who does? Who's the best?" "Oh, clearly the best is George Bush . . . I've heard him many times and I've watched him. 'Hi, I'm George Bush, our United Nations representative.' And he would chat with people." "Oh, yeah, Bush. He would be good at that." Nixon then went into a thoughtful repose and added, "God knows I could never do that. — Bob Woodward

Obama had campaigned against Bush's ideas and approaches. But, Donilon, for one, thought that Obama had perhaps underestimated the extent to which he had inherited George W. Bush's presidency - the apparatus, personnel and mind-set of war making. — Bob Woodward

Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government. — Bob Woodward

The only people capable of handling success are those who have learned to handle failures w/o taking their eyes off the prize. — Orrin Woodward