What I've been telling people is that the doctors are gaining on cancer very rapidly. It's almost become a chronic disease, like… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I think most of us become nicer as we get older, less judgmental, less full of certitude; life tends to knock a… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn't cure cancer. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I worked through cancer twice. I probably worked through it too much the last time. This time, I found myself saying, 'Well,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
On a personal note: I have contracted an outstanding case of breast cancer, from which I intend to recover. I don't need… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Preemptive war is what Israel did in '67 with Arab armies on its borders. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The idols of one's adolescence tend to endure - you never forget how you worshipped them. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Even for southerners, Arkansans are amazingly friendly and extend hospitality to all strangers with astonishing openness. You couldn't find a pretension in that state… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look out! They're… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
