Jeff MacNelly Quotes
Editorial pages all say, 'Well, the other guy has a point, too. It remains to be seen how this will come out. We certainly hope it comes out fine; blah, blah.' Cartoonists don't go that way. Our job is to stick out our tongues, to show a big raspberry to whatever pompous jerk happens to be mouthing off.Jeff MacNelly
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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
Sam Harris -
They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.
Ed Gillespie -
The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
Maira Kalman -
Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
Basil Bunting -
Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
A. Whitney Brown -
I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
Hal Sparks
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Over the next decade, there will be disruption as significant as the Internet was for publishing, where blockchain is going to disrupt dozens of industries, one being capital markets and Wall Street.
Patrick M. Byrne -
Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
Mahmoud Abbas -
I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
Nadia Comaneci -
I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
Patricia Highsmith -
Our reactor actually burns nuclear waste as fuel. So not only is it safe and powerful, it solves an important issue: It actually reduces nuclear waste instead of creating. It's the reactor of your dreams.
Nathan Myhrvold -
When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.
Ian Frazier
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
Larry David -
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
Pablo Picasso -
There's only so much you can do with a male voice in dance music.
Calvin Harris -
If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.
Sam Levenson -
What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.'
Lady Gregory -
I have never personally seen a hand transplant that is more useful than a prosthesis.
Joe Murray
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To go on the road and listen to people sing a cappella - thousands of them - I couldn't do that.
Jimmy Iovine -
This club needs an impetus of energy - but I just feel tired to be honest. I'm worn out.
Ian Holloway -
Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the scriptures diligently and daily to seek the will of the Lord in our life. For some, it may be necessary to develop the discipline to search the scriptures daily.
L. Lionel Kendrick -
The precursors to a civilization that’s going under are the same, time and time again. … What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?
Mel Gibson -
Editorial pages all say, 'Well, the other guy has a point, too. It remains to be seen how this will come out. We certainly hope it comes out fine; blah, blah.' Cartoonists don't go that way. Our job is to stick out our tongues, to show a big raspberry to whatever pompous jerk happens to be mouthing off.
Jeff MacNelly