Molly Ivins Quotes - Page 4

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• Everyone knows [George W. Bush] has no clue, but no one there has the courage to say it. I mean, good gawd, the man is as he always has been: barely adequate.

  Molly Ivins

  Mean, Men, Adequate

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• During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look out! They're about to smack you around again!

  Molly Ivins

  Government, Stories, Looks

  "Jon Carroll" by Jon Carroll, www.sfgate.com. February 14, 2007.

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• Oh, hell, I can’t go on a spiritual journey—I'm constipated.

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  Spiritual, Journey, Goes On

  Molly Ivins (2004). “Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known”, p.152, Random House

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• This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency

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  Ignorance, Men, He Man

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• Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

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  Cat, Oddities, Produce

  Molly Ivins (2010). “Nothin' But Good Times Ahead”, p.298, Vintage

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• I'm sorry that government involves filling out a lot of forms. ... I'm sorry myself that we're not still on the frontier, where we could all tote guns, shoot anything that moved and spit to our hearts' content. But we live in a diverse and crowded country, and with civilization comes regulation.

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  Country, Sorry, Heart

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• I know vegetarians don't like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of land that's good for nothing but grazing.

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  Vegetarianism, Land, Awful

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• Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair’s-breadth worth of difference that makes one hopeless dipstick slightly less awful than the other. But it does raise the question: Why bother?

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  Hair, Texas, Differences

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• I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.

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  Thinking, Journalism, Plagiarism

  Molly Ivins (2010). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, p.49, Vintage

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• Imagine wasting all that perfectly good anger on paranoid fantasies. Not since Emily Litella got upset about "Soviet jewelry" has there been such a waste of anger. You will notice a certain theme to these Emily Litella Moments. Behind them all is a touching faith that someone, somewhere is actually in charge of what's happening - a proposition I beg leave to doubt.

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  Perfectly Good, Upset, Touching

  Molly Ivins (2010). “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You”, p.72, Vintage

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• I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.

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  Faith, Believe, Arkansas

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• With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie.

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  Lying, Politician, Evasion

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• no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of A. By lore, legend, and fact, Texas is 'hell' on women and horses.

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  Horse, Texas, Progress

  Molly Ivins (2010). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, p.198, Vintage

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• the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on the theory that they should live surrounded by the finest stuff. The Mall of America is built on the premise that we should all be able to afford this stuff. It may be a shallow culture, but it's by-God democratic. Sneer if you dare; this is something new in world history.

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  Kings, Shopping, Pyramids

  Molly Ivins (2010). “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You”, p.94, Vintage

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• Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced.

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  Country, Fun, Men

  "The Fun’s in the Fight" by Molly Ivins, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1993.

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• And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

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  Funny Things, Disorder, Optimist

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• The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have to re-learn it. It's about political courage and heroes, and when a country is desperate for leadership. There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times.

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  Country, Hero, Long

  "Molly Ivins: Not. backing. Hillary." by Molly Ivins, www.cnn.com. January 20, 2006.

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• California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization.

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  Civilization, California, Doe

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• My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. "How do you Latinas do this all the time in touch with your emotions?" I asked her. "That's why we take siestas," she replied.

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  Cutting, Awful, Emotion

  "Who Needs Breasts, Anyway?". content.time.com. February 18, 2002.

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• Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough!

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  Texas, Fundamentals, Way

  Molly Ivins (1992). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, Vintage

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• nothing like a few restful weeks contemplating the decline of civilization to restore the humors. What I did on my summer vacation was listen to a lot of people talk about the decline of practically everything - you could call it the leisure of the theory class.

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  Summer, Vacation, Civilization

  Molly Ivins (2010). “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You”, p.200, Vintage

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• The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent - they believe in individual liberty. Commendable as they are, and despite their reliability as allies in civil liberties struggles, you may notice that Libertarians sometimes prove that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, and that there is a difference between logic and wisdom.

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  Running, Believe, Struggle

  Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 7, 1996.

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• The government can now delve into personal and private records of individuals even if they cannot be directly connected to a terrorist or foreign government. Bank records, e-mails, library records, even the track of discount cards at grocery stores can be obtained on individuals without establishing any connection to a terrorist before a judge. According to the Los Angeles Times, Al Qaeda uses sophisticated encryption devices freely available on the Internet that cannot be cracked. So the terrorists are safe from cyber-snooping, but we're not.

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  Government, Judging, Track

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• Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

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  Powerful, Weapons, Satire

  The Mouth of Texas", People Weekly, December 9, 1991.

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• Michael Jackson was a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich white woman

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  Boys, White, Black

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