The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.' — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
Who knew, in 2000, that compassionate conservatism meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism in disaster… — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that… — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
I'm a Republican, but I find Nancy Pelosi very attractive. She hasn't done a single thing as congressman or Speaker of the House that… — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
Reading any collection of a man's quotations is like eating the ingredients that go into a stew instead of cooking them together in the… — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
“Women might just have something to contribute to civilization other than their vaginas".” — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong. — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
Nothing raises the national temperature more than a VACANCY sign hanging from the colonnaded front of the Supreme Court. — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
And each year now we know more, but we know no better — what we see in the sky is simply the softened gloss… — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster? — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
