Molly Ivins Quotes

Even after four years in office, George W. Bush's record on women doesn't leap out at you. It's composed almost entirely of little things, small enough to fly well under the media's radar screen, so few of us have any sense of their cumulative impact.

Molly Ivins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Force is not a remedy.

John Bright

ForceRemedy

I don't know if there will ever be a day that I'm not wearing heels. I'm a very big personality, and I don't like to look up at other people.

Jessica Chastain

DayPersonalityPeopleLookKnowUp

My aim is to be as open and as incomprehensible as possible. There has to be a perfect balance between open and shut.

Maurizio Cattelan

BalancePerfectAimPossibleOpen

People that know me know that I cook. I cook every night.

Amy Sedaris

PeopleMeNightKnowCookEvery

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

Shirley Chisholm

ProgressIdeasYouComplainingMake

I'm very good at watching basketball and wearing basketball shoes.

Trip Lee

GoodShoesBasketballWatchingVery

On 'Baskets,' I'm not sure what the demographic is.

Jonathan Krisel

SureDemographic

Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely that's not too much to ask.

Jonathan Sacks

LeaderTechnologyTodayGoldBudget

As a performing group, the Beatles began by playing old rock favorites, for dancing, to tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing seriously, they discovered that they couldn't compose in the early American rock tradition.

Jon Landau

WritingToughAmericanEarlyRock

We're often accused of trying to manipulate opinion or that we're trying to elevate society. I think that the greatest thing we can do is to give you a vacation.

Dean Devlin

VacationOpinionSocietyThinkYou

To be beyond any existing classification has always pleased me.

Boyd Rice

MeBeyondAlwaysExistingAny

That's the unpredictable part, and that's what worries every coach: Protect the football. That's why, when you go into a ballgame, you may be favored, but there's no guarantee you're going to win it.

Ara Parseghian

FootballWinYouGoWhyProtect

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