--- title: "30 2010 Quotes by 24 authors" description: "Browse 30 2010 quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best 2010 sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/joe-biden-454_2010_this-is-a-big-fucking-deal-913585_913585.jpg" --- > [“This is a big fucking deal!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/this-is-a-big-fucking-deal/) [Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/joe-biden-454_2010_this-is-a-big-fucking-deal-913585_913585.jpg) > [“A culture of secrecy is like the bad stench created by cat pee—it is very difficult to get rid of.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-vos/a-culture-of-secrecy-is-like-the-bad-stench-created-by-cat-pee-it-is/) [Pierre de Vos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-vos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/pierre-de-vos-269869_2010_a-culture-of-secrecy-is-like-the-bad-ste_134599.jpg) > [“So this general with the background in intelligence who is supposed to conquer Afghanistan can't even figure out what Rolling Stone is?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/so-this-general-with-the-background-in-intelligence-who-is-supposed/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/maureen-dowd-6927_2010_so-this-general-with-the-background-in-i_2535840.jpg) > [“Monotonous talk of the end of American hegemony, the universal cliché of the period, is mostly a way of avoiding mounting a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/monotonous-talk-of-the-end-of-american-hegemony-the-universal-clich/) [Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/tariq-ali-2958_2010_monotonous-talk-of-the-end-of-american-h_245136.png) > [ “He has played some outstanding innings in the past, and I've got no \[ sic \] confidence whatsoever that he'll come back… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-strauss/he-has-played-some-outstanding-innings-in-the-past-and-i-ve-got-no/) [Andrew Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/andrew-strauss-8227_2010_he-has-played-some-outstanding-innings-i_1876007.jpg) > [“When first asked if he would grant an interview with TIME, Greene responded by asking a question of his own: 'Does the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scherer/when-first-asked-if-he-would-grant-an-interview-with-time-greene/) [Michael Scherer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scherer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/michael-scherer-262913_2010_when-first-asked-if-he-would-grant-an-in_2819794.jpg) > [“New Labour leader Ed Miliband announces plan to 'make this party slightly less unelectable by 2015'. He added: 'I am Ed, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-zaltzman/new-labour-leader-ed-miliband-announces-plan-to-make-this-party/) [Andy Zaltzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-zaltzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/andy-zaltzman-46833_2010_new-labour-leader-ed-miliband-announces_1125203.png) > [“There is no way that the new WikiLeaks leaks don't leave Hillary Clinton holding the smoking gun. The time for her departure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-shafer/there-is-no-way-that-the-new-wikileaks-leaks-don-t-leave-hillary/) [Jack Shafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-shafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/jack-shafer-244841_2010_there-is-no-way-that-the-new-wikileaks-l_1209330.jpg) > [“If Feingold does it, if he wins this race in this year, it will not be as just another Democratic senator. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-harrison-nichols/if-feingold-does-it-if-he-wins-this-race-in-this-year-it-will-not-be/) [John Harrison Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-harrison-nichols/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/john-harrison-nichols-66953_2010_if-feingold-does-it-if-he-wins-this-race_2423270.jpg) > [ “\[W\]hat possible purpose does this lashing-out serve? Will activists be shamed into recovering their previous enthusiasm? Will Republicans stop their vicious attacks… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krugman/w-hat-possible-purpose-does-this-lashing-out-serve-will-activists-be/) [Paul Krugman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krugman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/paul-krugman-2255_2010_w-hat-possible-purpose-does-this-lashing_2077342.jpg) > [“And that's just the beginning. More and more, conventional wisdom says that the responsible thing is to make the unemployed suffer. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krugman/and-that-s-just-the-beginning-more-and-more-conventional-wisdom-says/) [Paul Krugman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krugman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/paul-krugman-2255_2010_and-that-s-just-the-beginning-more-and-m_2042520.jpg) > [My feeling is this whole country is founded on the principle of 'if you are not hurting anyone, and you're not fucking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-carolla/my-feeling-is-this-whole-country-is-founded-on-the-principle-of-if/) [Adam Carolla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-carolla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/adam-carolla-2058_2010_my-feeling-is-this-whole-country-is-foun_2808120.png) > [“The socioeconomic impact of such a minor outburst is due to our technological development (air travel)—a century ago, such an eruption would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/the-socioeconomic-impact-of-such-a-minor-outburst-is-due-to-our/) [Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/slavoj-i-ek-1738_2010_the-socioeconomic-impact-of-such-a-minor_1244995.png) > [“It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/it-s-almost-hard-to-imagine-anything-more-undemocratic-than-the-view/) [Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/glenn-greenwald-1215_2010_it-s-almost-hard-to-imagine-anything-mor_53422.jpg) > [“The great cause of the new Republican intake is the reduction of the deficit but to anyone seeking evidence of sincere attempts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-fenton/the-great-cause-of-the-new-republican-intake-is-the-reduction-of-the/) [James Fenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-fenton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/james-fenton-9438_2010_the-great-cause-of-the-new-republican-in_1192832.png) > [“I thought I was getting away from politics for a while. But I now realise that the vuvuzela is to these World…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-calland/i-thought-i-was-getting-away-from-politics-for-a-while-but-i-now/) [Richard Calland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-calland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2df/richard-calland-89320_2010_i-thought-i-was-getting-away-from-politi_3232000.jpg) > [“So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/so-this-is-where-all-the-vapid-talk-about-the-soul-of-the-universe-is/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/christopher-hitchens-117_2010_so-this-is-where-all-the-vapid-talk-abou_322763.jpg) > [ “\[T\]his readiness to assume the guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/t-his-readiness-to-assume-the-guilt-for-the-threats-to-our/) [Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/slavoj-i-ek-1738_2010_t-his-readiness-to-assume-the-guilt-for_2414026.jpg) > [“This week, Zuma was quoted as saying, 'When the British came to our country, they said everything we are doing was barbaric,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gevisser/this-week-zuma-was-quoted-as-saying-when-the-british-came-to-our/) [Mark Gevisser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gevisser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/mark-gevisser-60270_2010_this-week-zuma-was-quoted-as-saying-when_800253.jpg) > [“The Labour party on the whole has not been a very effective opposition since the election, partly because it spent months and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hobsbawm/the-labour-party-on-the-whole-has-not-been-a-very-effective/) [Eric Hobsbawm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hobsbawm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/eric-hobsbawm-20660_1990s_the-labour-party-on-the-whole-has-not-be_2554098.jpg) > [“Indian cricket, and the youngsters themselves, are dealing with issues inconceivable a few summers ago. Riches and all the attendant temptations are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-roebuck/indian-cricket-and-the-youngsters-themselves-are-dealing-with-issues/) [Peter Roebuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-roebuck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/peter-roebuck-66981_2010_indian-cricket-and-the-youngsters-themse_1015292.jpg) > [“When I was in London in 2008, I spent a couple hours hanging out at a pub with a couple of blokes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-stacy-mccain/when-i-was-in-london-in-2008-i-spent-a-couple-hours-hanging-out-at-a/) [Robert Stacy McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-stacy-mccain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/robert-stacy-mccain-36630_2008_when-i-was-in-london-in-2008-i-spent-a-c_306287.png) > [ “There wasn't even enough meat to make proper fun of \[…\] I keep waiting for somebody else to come on TV, maybe… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-green/there-wasn-t-even-enough-meat-to-make-proper-fun-of-i-keep-waiting/) [Stephen Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/stephen-green-95451_2010_there-wasn-t-even-enough-meat-to-make-pr_1642720.jpg) > [“To permit this gross new revelation to fade, or be forgiven, would be to devalue our most essential standard of what constitutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/to-permit-this-gross-new-revelation-to-fade-or-be-forgiven-would-be/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/christopher-hitchens-117_2010_to-permit-this-gross-new-revelation-to-f_579243.jpg) > [“In the controversy that followed the prince's remarks, his most staunch defender was professor John Taylor, a scholar whose work I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/in-the-controversy-that-followed-the-prince-s-remarks-his-most/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/christopher-hitchens-117_2010_in-the-controversy-that-followed-the-pri_2917826.jpg) > [“These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New Jersey to Texas.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krugman/these-are-tough-times-for-state-governments-huge-deficits-loom-almost/) [Paul Krugman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krugman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/paul-krugman-2255_2010_these-are-tough-times-for-state-governme_716537.png) > [“The reality is that only one or two aspects of your offering have real value to your customers. The rest are merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-furtwengler/the-reality-is-that-only-one-or-two-aspects-of-your-offering-have/) [Dale Furtwengler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-furtwengler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/179/dale-furtwengler-189852_2010_the-reality-is-that-only-one-or-two-aspe_708006.jpg) > [“Here was a temporary solution. Parole would get Mofokeng and Mokoena out of jail as quickly as possible. Other details could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-gordin/here-was-a-temporary-solution-parole-would-get-mofokeng-and-mokoena/) [Jeremy Gordin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-gordin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/jeremy-gordin-182517_2010_here-was-a-temporary-solution-parole-wou_939080.jpg) > [“What we have witnessed in our own time is the death of universities as centres of critique. Since Margaret Thatcher, the role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-eagleton/what-we-have-witnessed-in-our-own-time-is-the-death-of-universities/) [Terry Eagleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-eagleton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/terry-eagleton-1660_2010_what-we-have-witnessed-in-our-own-time-i_202474.jpg) > [“McChrystal's defenders at the Pentagon were making the case Tuesday that the president and his men—(the McChrystal snipers spared Hillary)—must put aside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dowd/mcchrystal-s-defenders-at-the-pentagon-were-making-the-case-tuesday/) [Maureen Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/maureen-dowd-6927_2010_mcchrystal-s-defenders-at-the-pentagon-w_1080796.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-2010/#itemlist", "name": "2010 Quotes", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This is a big fucking deal!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joe Biden" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/this-is-a-big-fucking-deal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/joe-biden-454_2010_this-is-a-big-fucking-deal-913585_913585.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/joe-biden-454_2010_this-is-a-big-fucking-deal-913585_913585.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/joe-biden-454_2010_this-is-a-big-fucking-deal-913585_913585.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This is a big fucking deal!” — Joe Biden", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A culture of secrecy is like the bad stench created by cat pee—it is very difficult to get rid of.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pierre de Vos" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-vos/a-culture-of-secrecy-is-like-the-bad-stench-created-by-cat-pee-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/pierre-de-vos-269869_2010_a-culture-of-secrecy-is-like-the-bad-ste_134599.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/pierre-de-vos-269869_2010_a-culture-of-secrecy-is-like-the-bad-ste_134599.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/pierre-de-vos-269869_2010_a-culture-of-secrecy-is-like-the-bad-ste_134599.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A culture of secrecy is like the bad stench created by cat pee—it is very difficult to get rid of.” — Pierre de Vos", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So this general with the background in intelligence who is supposed to conquer Afghanistan can't even figure out what Rolling Stone is? 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He added: 'I am Ed, the Almighty One.' Defeated brother David Miliband overheard muttering: 'Now I know how Wayne Christ felt after little Jesus came along.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Zaltzman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-zaltzman/new-labour-leader-ed-miliband-announces-plan-to-make-this-party/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/andy-zaltzman-46833_2010_new-labour-leader-ed-miliband-announces_1125203.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/andy-zaltzman-46833_2010_new-labour-leader-ed-miliband-announces_1125203.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/andy-zaltzman-46833_2010_new-labour-leader-ed-miliband-announces_1125203.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“New Labour leader Ed Miliband announces plan to 'make this party slightly less unelectable by 2015'. 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Will activists be shamed into recovering their previous enthusiasm? Will Republicans stop their vicious attacks because Obama is lashing out to his left? It was pure self-indulgence; even if he feels aggrieved, he has to judge his words by their usefulness, not by his desire to vent. This isn't about him.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Krugman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krugman/w-hat-possible-purpose-does-this-lashing-out-serve-will-activists-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/paul-krugman-2255_2010_w-hat-possible-purpose-does-this-lashing_2077342.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/paul-krugman-2255_2010_w-hat-possible-purpose-does-this-lashing_2077342.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/paul-krugman-2255_2010_w-hat-possible-purpose-does-this-lashing_2077342.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[W]hat possible purpose does this lashing-out serve? 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Take away their Cockney accents, and these working-class guys might as well have been a couple of Bubbas gearing up for the Alabama-Auburn game. They were, in a phrase, British rednecks. And this is who soccer fans are, everywhere in the world except among the college-educated American elite. In Rio or Rome, the soccer fan is a Regular José or a Regular Giuseppe. [...] By contrast, if an American is that kind of Regular Joe, he doesn't watch soccer. He watches the NFL or bass fishing tournaments or Ultimate Fighting. In an American context, avid soccer fandom is almost exclusively located among two groups of people (a) foreigners—God bless 'em—and (b) pretentious yuppie snobs. Which is to say, conservatives don't hate soccer because we hate brown people. We hate soccer because we hate liberals.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Stacy McCain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-stacy-mccain/when-i-was-in-london-in-2008-i-spent-a-couple-hours-hanging-out-at-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/robert-stacy-mccain-36630_2008_when-i-was-in-london-in-2008-i-spent-a-c_306287.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/robert-stacy-mccain-36630_2008_when-i-was-in-london-in-2008-i-spent-a-c_306287.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/robert-stacy-mccain-36630_2008_when-i-was-in-london-in-2008-i-spent-a-c_306287.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was in London in 2008, I spent a couple hours hanging out at a pub with a couple of blokes who were…” — Robert Stacy McCain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There wasn't even enough meat to make proper fun of […] I keep waiting for somebody else to come on TV, maybe a cabinet member, to read the real speech, the one that tells us ... 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No one knows why the judgment didn't mention the NCCS; maybe the judge who wrote it, Justice Bess Nkabinde, simply didn't know how the parole system operates; but eight of her fellow judges, the best in the land, found with her. The Mofokeng and Mokoena families, who are from 'the poorest of the poor', as the ANC likes to say, are distraught. But the rest—the law men, the politicians and the government ministers—well, quite frankly, they don't seem to give a fig. Zuma has gone on holiday, to host his famous annual Christmas party for children. Mapisa-Nqakula has also gone on holiday. 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