Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world.
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 to be very Texcentric.
On a personal note: I have contracted an outstanding case of breast cancer, from which I intend to recover. I don’t need get-well cards, but I would like the beloved women readers to do something for me: Go. Get. The. Damn. Mammogram. Done.
Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
Oh, hell, I can’t go on a spiritual journey – I’m constipated.
If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn’t bother you, you’re dead.
As for George Bush of Kennebunkport, Maine- personally I think he’s further evidence that the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky has an overdeveloped sense of irony.
With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie.
It’s hard to argue against cynics – they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.
California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education – surely the death warrant of a civilization.
So keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds...
I know vegetarians don’t like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of land that’s good for nothing but grazing.
I’ve always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.
Some days, I’d feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office – at least he doesn’t lie about the weather.
Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.
You could probably prove, by judicious use of logarithms and congruent triangles, that real life is a lot more like soap opera than most people will admit.
I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.
You look at the large problems that we face – that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose – all of that needs international cooperation to be solved.
Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.
Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant – it tends to get worse.