Bad mood Quote by Benoît Peeters

The mood, it is fair to say, was reasonably tense. As a result of the conclusion of the ballot, most members are happy that…

— Chris Hayes

“And cranky old Jacques Derrida notwithstanding, we do love our dichotomies.”

— Thomas King

It was a good speech, but the reaction was due to the fact that politics are madness, and even if one does not know…

— Mark Helprin

“She was attempting to be a nonpartisan, logical peacemaker. There is nothing more annoying in a heated argument than a nonpartisan, logical peacemaker.”

— Alice Ozma

But rather than trying to understand and rise above them, as leaders should, the [presedential] campaigns have often simply channeled these negative emotions. This…

— John I. Jenkins

“There must have been a number of ballots marked ‘no,’” he said. “But if there were, they were simply discarded. Only the ‘yes’ ballots…

— Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point; certainly, many of us who were involved in…

— Michael Moore

Other than they may or may not have discussed the relative merits of the Electoral College vs. the popular vote, what I am told…

— Karen Tumulty

“It was not desirable that the proles should have strong political feelings. All”

— George Orwell

“While Derrida had frequently bumped into him, since their first encounters at the home of Maurice de Gandillac at the beginning of the 1950s,…

— Benoît Peeters

“Now," Graves finally said, "anyone else want to piss me off? Anyone else think this is a goddamn democracy ?”

— Lilith Saintcrow

“Election night had turned into an occasion to celebrate or to drown sorrows. Regardless of the outcome, there was an excuse to party, to…

— Dan Marshall