Molly Ivins Quotes

Rove, of course, is an exceptionally good, exceptionally skillful campaign guy, and Bush himself is really gifted at the political end of politics. But he's always been, as he says, misunderestimated.

Molly Ivins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodPoliticsEndPoliticalAlways

Who wants to shake the hand of the first man to put it to America's sweetheart.

John Agar

ManAmericaHandFirstSweetheart

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

WritingSayMustDirectingProducing

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.

John Erskine

DecisionOpinionExerciseInformation

I always saw pollution as theft, and I always thought, 'Why should somebody be able to pollute the air, which belongs to all of us, or destroy a river or a waterway, which is supposed to belong to the whole community?'

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

CommunityRiverThoughtPollution

I've grown tremendously as an actor by being there. It is comic writing the likes of which I don't know that I'll ever see again and it's been a great, great experience.

Matt LeBlanc

GreatExperienceWritingKnowActor

About a quarter of lung cancer cases occur in people who have never smoked. One cause may be another potential carcinogen: fumes from frying.

Michael Greger

PeoplePotentialNeverCancerMay

I can admire music where you feel the composer has everything organized and perfectly shaped, but it doesn't touch me. I like to feel that a composer is wounded, like all of us.

Stephen Hough

MusicMeFeelYouI CanAdmire

The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure.

Sue Kelly

WaterBudgetPresidentInfrastructure

'In Search of Excellence' - even the title - is a reminder that business isn't dry, dreary, boring, or by the numbers. Life at work can be cool - and work that's cool isn't confined to Tiger Woods, Yo-Yo Ma, or Tom Hanks. It's available to all of us and any of us.

Tom Peters

LifeWorkBusinessExcellenceCool

There are many designers who have much greater talent as a designer than I do, but they may not have my drive, they may not work as hard, they may not have the focus, the desire... You have to have a talent because, at the end of the day, if the pants you design don't make someone's butt look great, they're not going to buy them.

Tom Ford

WorkGreatFocusDayTalentDrive

I just write... I follow the melodies that I can't forget/the ones that pop up in my brain the most.

Lou Barlow

BrainWriteFollowUpJustPop

If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't be the least bit uncomfortable giving it to them. People want songwriters to tell them how they think and how they feel. That's what a song is. That's what I want to hear in a song.

Jason Isbell

PeopleOpinionSongThinkGiving

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