Mike Royko Quotes

It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.

Mike Royko

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• I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.

  

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• I consider myself not a conservative libertarian but a radical '60s libertarian.

  

  Camille Paglia
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• People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
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• It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.

  

  J. A. Konrath
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• With epic fantasy, there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack.

  

  N. K. Jemisin
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• You've got to have a villain and they'll always make me a villain. I'm used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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• There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.

  

  J. J. Abrams
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• Having long hair has allowed me to enter orthodox or religiously conservative situations with slightly more ease.

  

  Hailey Gates
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• The tires were scorching hot, in fact I burned my fingers on one.

  

  Malcolm Campbell
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• I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

  

  Kate Smith
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• I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.

  

  Oscar Wilde
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• I think really that you shouldn't run as a conservative if you're not.

  

  Rand Paul
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• Is this the situation in the modern Conservative party? That women should be seen and not heard?

  

  Harriet Harman
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• I have always been a reserved and conservative person.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
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• I am a conservative type of person, so sometimes when I'm chilling with myself, people always come ask me, 'What's wrong with you? What are you wondering about?'

  

  Wayne Wonder
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• If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
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• It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

  

  Karen Bass
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• If you're looking at substance rather than whether it's an R or D after his name, manifestly, if he's our candidate , then Hillary's gonna be our girl, Sean, because she's more conservative than he is. I think she would be stronger on the war on terrorism. I absolutely believe that. … I will campaign for her if it's McCain.

  

  Ann Coulter
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• You have not been sticking your dirty fingers in my sauce,’’ Eve said, and pointed her wooden spoon at him. He quickly took the finger out of his mouth. ‘‘First off, they’re not dirty. I licked them first.

  

  Rachel Caine
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• The corporation is the dominant and dominating institution of our time. Governments identify growth and development with commercial corporations and shower them with subsidies, tax privileges, and appropriate labour legislation and market support to attract a commitment and investment.

  

  Eric Kierans
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• I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.

  

  Harrison Ford
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• My daughter, the Butterfly Girl, is 21 years old. She is not married. That third verse, in Butterfly Kisses, where I marry her off is only an "artists projection" to when she's 85 and out of the convent!

  

  Bob Carlisle
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• It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.

  

  Mike Royko
  • Conservative
  • Easier
  • Fingers