Top 98 Quotes by Christopher Buckley

About Christopher Buckley

These are some quotes by American author Christopher Buckley Novelist, who was born on September 28, 1952.

I grew up in the GOP sandbox. My dad took me, age 7, to meet Herbert Hoover, in his apartment at the Waldorf Towers. He gave me a silver dollar. Being a young Republican, I spent it on comic books.

I grew up in the GOP sandbox. My dad took me, age 7, to meet Herbert Hoover, in his apartment at the Waldorf Towers. He gave me a silver dollar. Being a young Republican, I spent it on comic books.

Christopher Buckley

Pop was a devout Roman Catholic; I'm a lapsed Catholic. I'm not the village atheist, but I exert my right not to believe, and I doubt I would have been very public about that were he still alive, simply just so as not to hurt his feelings.

Christopher Buckley

Her parents, Austin Taylor and Kathleen Taylor, were big deals in Vancouver - they were civic leaders, and he raced horses in the Kentucky Derby - and my mother grew up a debutante. And when she and my dad were married, there were about a thousand guests at that reception.

Christopher Buckley

I had some adventures at the White House, but hardly enough to fill a full memoir.

I had some adventures at the White House, but hardly enough to fill a full memoir.

Christopher Buckley

We make our public servants jump through quite a few hoops, you know. We get hysterical if they accept a $50 lunch from a lobbyist. We get hysterical if they accept a ride on some corporate jet.

We make our public servants jump through quite a few hoops, you know. We get hysterical if they accept a $50 lunch from a lobbyist. We get hysterical if they accept a ride on some corporate jet.

Christopher Buckley

Try, if you will, to imagine Dwight Eisenhower or JFK or Lyndon Johnson or, for that matter, Ronald Reagan chin-wagging with Jack Paar or Johnny Carson. Richard Nixon did, famously, go on 'Laugh In' in 1968, but as a candidate; and to his credit, he rued the day and hated every second of it.

Christopher Buckley

I spent, whether consciously or unconsciously, most of my career trying to be something other than William F. Buckley's son.

I spent, whether consciously or unconsciously, most of my career trying to be something other than William F. Buckley's son.

Christopher Buckley

Writing's all I know. Frankly, I've never been able to do anything else.

Writing's all I know. Frankly, I've never been able to do anything else.

Christopher Buckley

I'm not a particularly cerebral writer. I unabashedly go for the belly.

I'm not a particularly cerebral writer. I unabashedly go for the belly.

Christopher Buckley

I am post-Catholic.

I am post-Catholic.

Christopher Buckley

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