“The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the cla...” — Hugh Sidey Quote

“The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.”

“A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.”

“A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes.”

“The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical flourish.”

“The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or so people who run this world analyze one another that way and then make decisions of life and death for us. Scary, but true.”

“They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and use it as a compass to locate other monuments and eventually to find their way out of the great, gray federal wilderness.”

“People say you learn when you lose, but why do I have to learn only when I lose? The mistakes are always there, but when you win, there's that euphoria, emotion, and then you don't notice the mistakes. I'm analyzing more, I'm filling my gaps. I don't need to lose to evolve.”

“Eventually, the more I listened and became obsessed with singers, I feel like the more I realized that I had my own little thing that I could do. So this is why I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out and analyzing what they do.”

“I have not spent years in therapy; I tried therapy in my mid-twenties, and it did not go very well. I just thought, 'This is so not for me. I would rather talk to one of my girlfriends.' I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much. I have young children, and I'm just pretty much crazed.”

“I think I'm pretty good at analyzing risk.”

“A lot of people think I'm going to be like someone who's stepped out of one of his own cartoons. And maybe I am. But I sure have a hard time analyzing it.”