Molly Ivins Quotes

Should a girl like me, in whom the milk of human kindness flows copiously for everyone, from protein-shy Hottentots to the glandular obese, actually aim a few swift boots at the prone form of Sen. Phil Gramm? Nah. But it's tempting.

Molly Ivins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

KindnessGirlMeBootsAimMilk

We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America.

Jewel

WorkTogetherYouthEndAmerica

The whole purpose was to say that it doesn't have to be a zero sum. It's not the environment or jobs. You can have both. You can help the auto industry achieve that if you have investment in plants.

Jennifer Granholm

PurposePlantsEnvironmentHelpYou

If you look hard at it, if you look hard at the bleeding heart attitude to always throw money at issues, throw money at problems, what you're in fact probably saying is you're exercising a prejudicism of low expectations.

Andrew Forrest

AttitudeHeartMoneySayingProblems

When I was on the swim team as a kid, I used to hide out from my coach by going into the bathroom and hiding out in one of the stalls. And I would literally wrap myself in toilet paper so as not to get hypothermia.

Jeff Kinney

MyselfTeamHideBathroomKidCoach

But the whole point of the Sixties was that you had to take people as they were. If you came in with us you left your class, and colour, and religion behind, that was what the Sixties was all about.

Michael Caine

ReligionPeopleYouClassSixties

I think women should have insight as to how men think. Just like men should have insight into how women think.

Michael Ealy

WomenMenThinkInsightJustLike

I remember when MySpace came out. It did do something pretty incredible - which was unite people around the world with common interests and common tastes.

Spike Jonze

PeopleWorldRememberOutPretty

Every now and then, I feel terribly uncomfortable with what I'm working on, and then I think maybe I am an artist. I'm not very articulate about it, but I do know that you have to follow your gut.

Tom Hollander

I AmThinkUncomfortableYouArtist

Four or five frigates will do the business without any military force.

Lord North

BusinessWillMilitaryWithoutForce

I like the idea of isolation. I like the reality of it. You realize what you are... not that the knowledge is inevitably rewarding.

Joseph Brodsky

KnowledgeIsolationRealityYouIdea

I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the way that other people see it.

Jonathan Dee

GoodHumilityPeopleWorldThink

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.

Colin Quinn

WorkWorldYouSayWayCynical

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