Best Molly Ivins Sayings
- Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse. Get Worse
- It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in… America
- I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth. All
- So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous,… All
- As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you… Belong
- Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. Powerful
- Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. Entertainment
- If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that… Change
- You look at the large problems that we face - that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose - all of… Aids
- Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women. Appointees
- I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. Funnier
- And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me. Been
- Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather. Better
- Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium… All
- I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend… Characteristic
- There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does.… Aim
- Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for. Care
- I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off. Commit
- I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves… Burns
- The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging. Digging
- One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the… Ancient
- Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world. American
- There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are… Attack
- Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were… Afraid
- I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point--race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to… All