317 Quotes by Molly Ivins

I still believe in Hope – mostly because there’s no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.

Carl Parker observes, if you took all the fools out of the Lege, it wouldn’t be a representative body anymore.

I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn’t actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.

Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don’t much care for.

As I have pointed out time and again, it’s a hell of a lot cheaper to send little kids to school than it is to let them grow up into young thugs who have to be sent to prison, not to mention the savings in the wear and tear on the nerves, property, and safety of the rest of the citizenry.

I don’t so much mind that newspapers are dying – it’s watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.

As for George Bush of Kennebunkport, Maine- personally I think he’s further evidence that the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky has an overdeveloped sense of irony.

I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point – race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.

On a personal note: I have contracted an outstanding case of breast cancer, from which I intend to recover. I don’t need get-well cards, but I would like the beloved women readers to do something for me: Go. Get. The. Damn. Mammogram. Done.