Molly Ivins Quotes

The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have to re-learn it. It's about political courage and heroes, and when a country is desperate for leadership. There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times.

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• It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Up
  • Political
  • Courage

• The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry.

  

  Vince Cable
  • Long
  • Real
  • Business

• I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • People
  • Writing
  • Political

• A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • People
  • Country
  • American

• Frankly, one of the problems we have in the country is we're not forming enough families. And that is hurting our economic work, and it's hurting our economic projections, because the best place for a child is within a strong family unit.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Work
  • Country
  • Family

• Richard Pryor was my hero. Richard Pryor was keeping it 100.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Hero
  • Keeping
  • Richard

• I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views.

  

  Vince Cable
  • Father
  • Political
  • Air

• My favorite days were when I had a cold and could stay home from school and draw all day long.

  

  Barbara Cooney
  • Long
  • School
  • Home

• As long as I feel like I'm helping kids get better, I don't see why I should stop.

  

  Larry Brown
  • Long
  • Why
  • Kids

• If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen.

  

  Ian Millar
  • Long
  • You
  • Happen

• Every country needs another country to make fun of.

  

  Callan McAuliffe
  • Country
  • Fun

• ‘Oh Brancepeth,’ said the girl, her voice trembling, ‘why haven’t you any money? If only you had the merest pittance - enough for a flat in Mayfair and a little weekend place in the country somewhere and a couple of good cars and a villa in the South of France and a bit of trout fishing on some decent river, I would risk all for love.’

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Good
  • Country
  • Money

• Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century.

  

  Dick Thornburgh
  • Political
  • Rest

• Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

  

  Nelson Mandela
  • Political

• I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.

  

  Frank Robinson
  • Long
  • Game
  • Respect

• It just worries me that if we start trying to erase history that we can learn from, where does that end? Do you start taking away books people find offensive? It's just a path that seems very dangerous to me in this country.

  

  Luther Strange
  • People
  • Country
  • Trying

• Jewish people are tough people. They believe in something and believe it really strong, and I find it fascinating that a small country like Israel is as powerful as it is.

  

  Antonio Sabato, Jr.
  • People
  • Believe
  • Country

• I think regardless of where people are from, country music is a through line.

  

  Jenny Lewis
  • People
  • Music
  • Country

• I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.

  

  Philippe Falardeau
  • Work
  • Political
  • Science

• Over a period of about year-and-a-half, Malcolm X and [Alex] Haley agreed to work with each other. They met usually after a long business day that Malcolm put in very tired. He would get there at about - either at Haley's apartment or they would meet at then Idyllwild Airport at a hotel, and Malcolm would be debriefed by Haley. He would talk, Haley would take notes.

  

  Manning Marable
  • Work
  • Long
  • Business

• I suppose the worst case scenario is that people will get to the point where they can't actually afford to make what they want to make creatively. The industry is collapsing.

  

  Kate Bush
  • People
  • Want
  • Worst

• Anytime you work with materials that are deep parts of yourself, you feel revulsion at showing things about yourself that you don't want people to know.

  

  Janet Fitch
  • People
  • Work
  • Deep

• Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.

  

  Ezra Pound
  • Music
  • Poets
  • Not Interested

• The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have to re-learn it. It's about political courage and heroes, and when a country is desperate for leadership. There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times.

  

  Molly Ivins
  • Long
  • Country
  • Political