All Mike Royko Quotes
- All that proves is that most of the world is too poor to build bowling alleys, golf courses, tennis courts and baseball fields. There's hundreds… All
- Strict gun laws are about as effective as strict drug laws...It pains me to say this, but the NRA seems to be right: The cities… Cities
- It's no coincidence that female interest in the sport of baseball has increased greatly since the ballplayers swapped those wonderful old-time baggy flannel uniforms for… Baggy
- A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill. Cub
- Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck… Always Cheerful
- It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I… Cities
- Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you… Always Remember
- Newspapers, magazines and other publications have the constitutional right to be offensive, even disgusting. As evidence of that, just watch this space regularly. America
- God tipped the country and all the fruits and nuts rolled west. All
- It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand. Conservative
- When I asked him how long he had been driving a taxi, he said, Dree mouse. Asked
- In attacking the young, the liberal, and the black, Daley was in the mainstream of America's mass prejudices. The Democratic party may have suffered by… Action
- There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the… Alleged
- Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich. Belief
- Reagan's approach will achieve one of the basic goals of the conservative: Things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor stay… Achieve
- Hollywood has always been political. They consider it their right and duty to tell us what is politically good and right. Been
- Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience. Boast
- When Michael Jordan quit, I suddenly found myself without a sports hero. Found
- Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more… Ago
- Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and… All
- Anyone who contributes to the defense fund of pornographers is a mental moonbeam. Anyone
- Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. American
- It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies. Asylum
- I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the… Absorb
- The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always… Always Employed