Molly Ivins Quotes

I am one of those people who are out of touch with their emotions. I tend to treat my emotions like unpleasant relatives - a long-distance call once or twice or year is more than enough. If I got in touch with them, they might come to stay.

Molly Ivins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007

Topics

I AmPeopleTreatEnoughYearTouch

When things are going bad, there's going to be some good that's going to come from it.

Jocko Willink

GoodBadThingsGoingComeSome

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.

Jessica Alba

TimeProblemNowAlwaysTakeGet

What makes spinal-cord injuries as devastating as they are is that everything about them plays out in absolutes: they are instantaneous, utterly disabling and horribly permanent.

Jeffrey Kluger

InjuriesEverythingPermanentOut

I have no driver's license, so I ride a bicycle beside the Han River. That's what I really love because no one gives a damn about me for that moment. I feel so free.

RM

LoveMomentRideRiverMeFree

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.

Ron Francis

PeopleMeHockeyPlaySaidTalk

Most actions derive not from your own initiative but from your family circumstances, your education, your calling, and so on. You must therefore give up a little time to performing actions which derive from yourself alone. They need not be important; quite insignificant actions fulfill the same purpose.

Rudolf Steiner

FamilyEducationAloneTimeYourself

I think the most surprising thing about the Olympics would be the amount of interaction and partying that goes on behind the scenes. They have nightclubs at the Olympic Village. It's like college all over again.

Misty May-Treanor

CollegeThinkVillageOverPartying

There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'm really curious about that. I'm really curious about what people think they're doing when they're doing something evil, casually. I think it's really interesting, that we benefit from suffering so much, and we excuse ourselves from it.

Louis C. K.

LiveCuriousPeopleSufferingEvil

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

Louis XIV

KingLoseTemperShouldWereAh

It's going to take baby steps to see a complete turnaround. But there's been such a positive outcome from seeing it at Fashion Week. Plus-size fashion shows are being more welcomed into Fashion Week, and having more plus-size women in major magazines.

Ashley Nell Tipton

PositiveWomenBabyFashionWeek

My accent really comes out when I'm speaking in public or when I'm passionate about something.

Augustus Sol Invictus

PassionateOutSomethingAccent

I have a car that I like - an Aston Martin - for Sunday drives in the country.

Seth MacFarlane

CarSundayCountryLikeDrives

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