317 Quotes by Molly Ivins

My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. "How do you Latinas do this all the time in touch with your emotions?" I asked her. "That's why we take siestas," she replied.

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

The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging.

The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent- they believe in individual liberty. Commendable as they are, and despite their reliability as allies in civil liberties struggles, you may notice that Libertarians sometimes prove that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, and that there is a difference between logic and wisdom.

Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short.

The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

We've had trickle down economics in the country for ten years now, and most of us aren't even damp yet.

Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.

Anyone who thinks humans are not capable of so fouling their own nest that the land and the waters can no longer be productive just hasn't been paying attention.