Top 40 Dana Perino Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Time goes by so fast and worry is really wasted time and energy.”

— Dana Perino

2. “Live to fight another day on better legislation.”

— Dana Perino

3. “A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, but public speaking comes in lots of different formats.”

— Dana Perino

4. “If you have a crippling fear of public speaking, recognize that that is perfectly normal. And know that the only way to get over those nerves is to fully understand the material, the points, the policy you are trying to explain – and then practice it a little bit.”

— Dana Perino

5. “Trustworthiness is the thing that you need the most going to a presidential election. Honest and trustworthy is one of the main questions in any presidential election.”

— Dana Perino

6. “Say little. But when you speak, utter gentle words that touch the heart. Be truthful. Express kindness. Abstain from vanity. This is the way.”

— Dana Perino

7. “Once you break someone of the habit of up-talking, they can start to see immediate improvement in their careers.”

— Dana Perino

8. “Once I chose just to be myself, everything fell into place.”

— Dana Perino

9. “The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from terrorist attacks.”

— Dana Perino

10. “Well, you’re gonna have to put your big girl panties on and deal with it!”

— Dana Perino

11. “I think I deserve an apology.”

— Dana Perino

12. “Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can’t keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city.”

— Dana Perino

13. “I waited tables at Govnr’s Park Tavern in Denver.”

— Dana Perino

14. “I suggest that people make an effort to reach out to five people a month. Not just by Facebook or email or Twitter. I’m talking hard-copy note.”

— Dana Perino

15. “Choosing to be loved and to take the leap to get married younger than most of my friends was not a career-limiting decision for me.”

— Dana Perino

16. “I’m a worrier by nature. My husband says that if I’m not worried about something, I’m worried about what I’ve forgotten to be worried about.”

— Dana Perino

17. “What woman wants to go home with a guy that lives with his mother?”

— Dana Perino

18. “I’m for freedom, which I believe is a universal value that every human being is and that is a gift from God.”

— Dana Perino

19. “I’ve found that knowing the material or the policy or the facts better than anyone else in the room is so empowering – and that means fully understanding them.”

— Dana Perino

20. “The energy problems that we face today were built up over a long period of time and are not going to be solved overnight.”

— Dana Perino

21. “I asked the first guy, “So what was it that made you want to become a Navy SEAL – chance for adventure? Family tradition? Physical challenge? Desire to see the world?” “Oh no, ma’am. Chicks dig it,” he said.”

— Dana Perino

22. “I’m sure lots of people would love to ridicule me when I say this, but it is true: many people die from cold related deaths every winter, and here are studies that say that climate change in certain areas of the world would help those individuals.”

— Dana Perino

23. “I think that having love in your life does open up doors and other possibilities.”

— Dana Perino

24. “We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term.”

— Dana Perino

25. “I look at it this way – I don’t ever want to apologize for something i’ve said, but I want to be gracious enough to be ready to apologize if I ever need to. My answers to those questions have come gradually and after some trial and error. In my own life, personally and professionally, I’ve realized that being civil is an active decision that I get to choose to make several times a day. That’s why I believe there’s hope – civility is not extinct. It is a choice.”

— Dana Perino

26. “Take any job, get started and stop with the video games and pot. I’m not for that.”

— Dana Perino

27. “Believe it or not, the number one fear in America remains public speaking. And, in some ways, I think that is a real shame because we are so blessed to live in a country where we are able to express ourselves, so we should want to do that.”

— Dana Perino

28. “Most women beat themselves up because they think they are not good enough at anything. All of those things just eat at you all the time.”

— Dana Perino

29. “Why does everyone like this movie? And Americans kept going to the movie. So Hollywood figures out the market, and the market wants to know what happened in Benghazi.”

— Dana Perino

30. “The democratic race is really boring when the media is basically writing stories and spending money to ask questions in a poll about somebody who is not even a declared candidate.”

— Dana Perino

31. “Whether it’s foreign money or hiding emails, these stories are creating a narrative about Hillary Clinton trying to be above everyone else and operating under her own set of rules.”

— Dana Perino

32. “It’s not good enough to just know what to say about the policy; it’s really important to take the extra step to learn the policy, to be able to understand it, and articulate it.”

— Dana Perino

33. “Even before the hearings that led to confirmation of Chief Justice Roberts, senators were saying they were reserving judgment on how they would vote until they got to know him better at the hearings.”

— Dana Perino

34. “In America, we are blessed with the freedom to speak our minds – and we should do so thoughtfully. We also have to recognize that people who disagree with us are not enemies. We’re all in this together – and we should act like it. In.”

— Dana Perino

35. “I hear a lot of young people talking about the need to network. I think that is true, and I think that building a network makes sense. But I also think that there is another way to approach it, and that is to try to make friends. Just try to make a lot of friends.”

— Dana Perino

36. “Senator Lugar will also travel to Libya for official meetings as a part of the president’s initiative to move toward more normal relations reflecting that country’s renunciation of terrorism and abandonment of its weapons of mass destruction and longer range missiles.”

— Dana Perino

37. “I actually think that the president owes the Jews of Europe an apology. They deserve better from the President of the United States. Anti-semitism is on the rise, and somebody must stick up for them.”

— Dana Perino

38. “I think a lot of women, especially ones that want to achieve career goals, tend to worry. I don’t want anyone to worry their life away.”

— Dana Perino

39. “President Obama deserves credit for building what you call the largest coalition to fight terror.”

— Dana Perino

40. “I think, certainly, in history, if you look back, a lot of people would go through their careers, build a business, or be a doctor, lawyer, and then they would go and do public service later on in their careers.”

— Dana Perino

41. “When Air Force One landed, it taxied to the hangar where the Israelis were gathered to greet us. Since President Bush didn’t waste any time, we were up and ready to go, standing by the door as the plane came to a stop. The President had just put on his suit jacket and was straightening his tie. I loved when he said to his personal aide and his advance man, “Look alive, boys! America has arrived.”

— Dana Perino

42. “I worry about how aggressive and vicious our discourse has become. I don’t think all is lost, however. I believe that there are ways that we can get our public debates back on track, because civility and manners are a matter of choice.”

— Dana Perino

43. “Just recognize that you are not going to become a comfortable public speaker overnight. It can take a long time.”

— Dana Perino