There are times a country is so tired of bull that only the truth can provide relief. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The uproar of the late '60s - the antiwar movement, black riots, angry women. It was a wonderful time. — 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
Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
As I occasionally survey the pack of sycophantic shih tzus in the Washington press corps, wriggling on their bellies to kiss the… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
'Get along, go along' is not an inspirational philosophy, and only God knows how much moral cowardice it has covered up over… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The Internet goes doot-doot-doot - it goes sideways. There's nothing hierarchical about it. And the best thing about it is also the… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Texas is still resistant to Howard Johnsons, interstate highways and some forms of phoniness. It is the place least likely to become… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life - it gave me me. It provided me the time… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Raise hell - big time. I want y'all to get out there and raise hell about damned near everything. My word, there's… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
On Bill Clinton: "If left to my own devices, I'd spend all my time pointing out that he's weaker than bus-station chili.… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
As I have pointed out time and again, it's a hell of a lot cheaper to send little kids to school than… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Anyone who has ever spent time listening to a legislature knows the astonishing speed at which all presiding officers and reading clerks… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
From orphanages to space colonies, it was all shallow but endearingly enthusiastic futurism. Gingrich was the kind of person who read a… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In the first place, any group of folks willing to make asses of themselves in pursuit of a good time should be… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing… — 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
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
