Moving slowly Quote by James Lileks

“So Jane was getting married. Well, more power to her. In fact, let me tighten those straps. Any word from the governor on the…

— James Lileks

There are three stages to a man's life. 1. He laughs at Clark Griswold. 2. He sympathizes deeply with Clark Griswold. 3. He laughs at Clark Griswold.

— James Lileks

Wait until France gets a hard shot in the nose. Wait until France reacts with some nasty work. They'll get a golf-clap from the…

— James Lileks

I’ll feel that horrible feeling in my stomach you get when you’ve gone over to the Dark Side. But I’ll be fine. That’s the…

— James Lileks

“If you can pick the baby up without him squirting our of your hands like a bar of soap in the shower, he's not…

— James Lileks

The newspaper is a lecture. The Web is a conversation.

— James Lileks

The same people who accuse America of coddling dictators are sputtering with bilious fury because we actually deposed one.

— James Lileks

And I don't want posture lessons from a country that spent the last 20 years flopping on its back and grabbing its ankles when…

— James Lileks

It takes a particularly rarified variety of idiot to look at a Jew-hating fascist with a small mustache - and decide that his opponent…

— James Lileks

“It's always something when you let other people in your world.”

— James Lileks

If you think the ’80s were dumber than the ’70s, either you weren’t there or you weren’t paying attention.

— James Lileks

“I still couldn't imagine that she was really, truly pregnant; maybe this was an hysterical pregnancy. But Sarah was never hysterical. Enthusiastic, yes, ironic…

— James Lileks