The reason I take Rush Limbaugh seriously is not because he's offensive or right-wing, but because he is one of the few… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The reason there is no noblesse oblige about Dubya is because he doesn't admit to himself or anyone else that he owes… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear. — 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
I wouldn't say that dittoheads, as a group, lack the ability to reason. It's just that whenever I run across one, he… — 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
