--- title: "25 2011 Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 25 2011 quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best 2011 sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/james-taranto-33362_2011_scary-discovery-of-the-day-most-people-w_2273920.jpg" --- > [“Scary discovery of the day: Most people who RT @yokoono's tweets do so without irony.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/scary-discovery-of-the-day-most-people-who-rt-yokoono-s-tweets-do-so/) [James Taranto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-taranto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/james-taranto-33362_2011_scary-discovery-of-the-day-most-people-w_2273920.jpg) > [ “\[T\]he anti-vitriol vitriol is getting ugly.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kirn/t-he-anti-vitriol-vitriol-is-getting-ugly/) [Walter Kirn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kirn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/walter-kirn-2189_2011_t-he-anti-vitriol-vitriol-is-getting-ugl_1813565.png) > [“The British version of 'Shit My Dad Says' is really entertaining.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-scahill/the-british-version-of-shit-my-dad-says-is-really-entertaining/) [Jeremy Scahill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-scahill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/jeremy-scahill-24616_2011_the-british-version-of-shit-my-dad-says_531113.jpg) > [“Tom Friedman says China is so awesome they make kosher pigs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-goldberg/tom-friedman-says-china-is-so-awesome-they-make-kosher-pigs/) [Jonah Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/404/jonah-goldberg-2339_2011_tom-friedman-says-china-is-so-awesome-th_336076.png) > [“Journalists are pretty much like European union. They don't take 'no' as an answer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/radovan-kavick/journalists-are-pretty-much-like-european-union-they-don-t-take-no-as/) [Radovan Kavický](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/radovan-kavick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/radovan-kavick-37457_2011_journalists-are-pretty-much-like-europea_2666826.jpg) > [“Tip to all British tabloids: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. I repeat: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-goldberg/tip-to-all-british-tabloids-do-not-hack-amy-winehouse-s-phone-i/) [Jonah Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9b/jonah-goldberg-2339_2011_tip-to-all-british-tabloids-do-not-hack_1562201.png) > [“Nice mix of Tory MPs saying this issue shouldn't be used for petty political pointscoring, & Tory MPs trying to score petty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-zaltzman/nice-mix-of-tory-mps-saying-this-issue-shouldn-t-be-used-for-petty/) [Andy Zaltzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-zaltzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/andy-zaltzman-46833_2011_nice-mix-of-tory-mps-saying-this-issue-s_1481156.png) > [“Because of racism, he can't govern effectively' is not a great argument for re-election.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/because-of-racism-he-can-t-govern-effectively-is-not-a-great-argument/) [James Taranto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-taranto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/james-taranto-33362_2011_because-of-racism-he-can-t-govern-effect_1494133.jpg) > [“A jacketless Murdoch resumes his quiz, brushing off the assault as 'an overexcited autograph-hunter wanting to have his shaving foam signed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-zaltzman/a-jacketless-murdoch-resumes-his-quiz-brushing-off-the-assault-as-an/) [Andy Zaltzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-zaltzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/andy-zaltzman-46833_2011_a-jacketless-murdoch-resumes-his-quiz-br_3137169.png) > [“This is how it works now with the news: the story begins with a moral, then a narrative is fashioned to support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kirn/this-is-how-it-works-now-with-the-news-the-story-begins-with-a-moral/) [Walter Kirn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kirn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/walter-kirn-2189_2011_this-is-how-it-works-now-with-the-news-t_1810365.png) > [“I realise I'm behind on this but Rebekah Brooks was married to Ross Kemp of Gangs fame?! And she assaulted him? That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mandy-wiener/i-realise-i-m-behind-on-this-but-rebekah-brooks-was-married-to-ross/) [Mandy Wiener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mandy-wiener/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/mandy-wiener-259199_2011_i-realise-i-m-behind-on-this-but-rebekah_480376.jpg) > [“Given Loughner's obsession with meaninglessness and language, maybe Foucault & Derrida deserve some fault here, too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kirn/given-loughner-s-obsession-with-meaninglessness-and-language-maybe/) [Walter Kirn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kirn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bf/walter-kirn-2189_2011_given-loughner-s-obsession-with-meaningl_682033.png) > [“@bobbybaird i'm a writer, so are you. we try to compose our thoughts and words for effect as well as sense. vain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kirn/bobbybaird-i-m-a-writer-so-are-you-we-try-to-compose-our-thoughts-and/) [Walter Kirn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-kirn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/walter-kirn-2189_2011_bobbybaird-i-m-a-writer-so-are-you-we-tr_2522784.png) > [“So there comes a moment when we turn and look at each other - England and Scotland - and realise we just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-greig/so-there-comes-a-moment-when-we-turn-and-look-at-each-other-england/) [David Greig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-greig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/david-greig-155111_2011_so-there-comes-a-moment-when-we-turn-and_1628335.jpg) > [“The science is clear: if psi exists, the most reliable way to see it is through the lens of statistics. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-volk/the-science-is-clear-if-psi-exists-the-most-reliable-way-to-see-it-is/) [Steve Volk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-volk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/steve-volk-279966_2011_the-science-is-clear-if-psi-exists-the-m_1383453.jpg) > [“Therefore,' said Loki the mockery, to the snake his daughter, 'we need to know everything, or at least as much as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt/therefore-said-loki-the-mockery-to-the-snake-his-daughter-we-need-to/) [A.S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56f/a-s-byatt-5275_2011_therefore-said-loki-the-mockery-to-the-s_3194542.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) > [“The rich run a global system that allows them to accumulate capital and pay the lowest possible price for labour. The freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-moore/the-rich-run-a-global-system-that-allows-them-to-accumulate-capital/) [Charles Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/charles-moore-32176_2011_the-rich-run-a-global-system-that-allows_28756.jpg) > [“The Aussies have spent so much time basking in the glory of the last generation that they have forgotten to plan for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-boycott/the-aussies-have-spent-so-much-time-basking-in-the-glory-of-the-last/) [Geoffrey Boycott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-boycott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/geoffrey-boycott-19649_1970s_the-aussies-have-spent-so-much-time-bask_753293.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) > [“Shrouded as he was for a decade in an apparent cloak of anonymity and obscurity, Osama bin Laden was by no means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/shrouded-as-he-was-for-a-decade-in-an-apparent-cloak-of-anonymity-and/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/christopher-hitchens-117_2011_shrouded-as-he-was-for-a-decade-in-an-ap_2781110.jpg) > [“It can certainly be misleading to take the attributes of a movement, or the anxieties and contradictions of a moment, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/it-can-certainly-be-misleading-to-take-the-attributes-of-a-movement/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/christopher-hitchens-117_2011_it-can-certainly-be-misleading-to-take-t_61390.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) > [“Imagining the end of things, when you are a child, is perhaps impossible. The thin child, despite the war that was raging,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt/imagining-the-end-of-things-when-you-are-a-child-is-perhaps/) [A.S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/a-s-byatt-5275_1941_imagining-the-end-of-things-when-you-are_1165399.jpg) > [“For the purposes of science, information had to mean something special. Three centuries earlier, the new discipline of physics could not proceed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gleick/for-the-purposes-of-science-information-had-to-mean-something-special/) [James Gleick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gleick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/james-gleick-2623_2011_for-the-purposes-of-science-information_507898.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-2011/#itemlist", "name": "2011 Quotes", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Scary discovery of the day: Most people who RT @yokoono's tweets do so without irony.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Taranto" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/scary-discovery-of-the-day-most-people-who-rt-yokoono-s-tweets-do-so/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/james-taranto-33362_2011_scary-discovery-of-the-day-most-people-w_2273920.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/james-taranto-33362_2011_scary-discovery-of-the-day-most-people-w_2273920.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/james-taranto-33362_2011_scary-discovery-of-the-day-most-people-w_2273920.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Scary discovery of the day: Most people who RT @yokoono's tweets do so without irony.” — James Taranto", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“[T]he anti-vitriol vitriol is getting ugly.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Kirn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-kirn/t-he-anti-vitriol-vitriol-is-getting-ugly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/walter-kirn-2189_2011_t-he-anti-vitriol-vitriol-is-getting-ugl_1813565.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/walter-kirn-2189_2011_t-he-anti-vitriol-vitriol-is-getting-ugl_1813565.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/walter-kirn-2189_2011_t-he-anti-vitriol-vitriol-is-getting-ugl_1813565.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[T]he anti-vitriol vitriol is getting ugly.” — Walter Kirn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The British version of 'Shit My Dad Says' is really entertaining.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeremy Scahill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-scahill/the-british-version-of-shit-my-dad-says-is-really-entertaining/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/jeremy-scahill-24616_2011_the-british-version-of-shit-my-dad-says_531113.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/jeremy-scahill-24616_2011_the-british-version-of-shit-my-dad-says_531113.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/jeremy-scahill-24616_2011_the-british-version-of-shit-my-dad-says_531113.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The British version of 'Shit My Dad Says' is really entertaining.” — Jeremy Scahill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Tom Friedman says China is so awesome they make kosher pigs.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonah Goldberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-goldberg/tom-friedman-says-china-is-so-awesome-they-make-kosher-pigs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/404/jonah-goldberg-2339_2011_tom-friedman-says-china-is-so-awesome-th_336076.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/404/jonah-goldberg-2339_2011_tom-friedman-says-china-is-so-awesome-th_336076.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/404/jonah-goldberg-2339_2011_tom-friedman-says-china-is-so-awesome-th_336076.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tom Friedman says China is so awesome they make kosher pigs.” — Jonah Goldberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Journalists are pretty much like European union. 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