It really is possible to disagree with someone's policies without hating them. Grown-ups can do that. Molly Ivins More Quotes by Molly Ivins More Quotes From Molly Ivins The government can now delve into personal and private records of individuals even if they cannot be directly connected to a terrorist or foreign government. Bank records, e-mails, library records, even the track of discount cards at grocery stores can be obtained on individuals without establishing any connection to a terrorist before a judge. According to the Los Angeles Times, Al Qaeda uses sophisticated encryption devices freely available on the Internet that cannot be cracked. So the terrorists are safe from cyber-snooping, but we're not. Molly Ivins track government judging I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle. Molly Ivins plagiarism journalism thinking Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered. Molly Ivins hog fats pigs Humanism is not alive and well in Texas. Different colors and types of Texans do not like one another, nor do they pretend to. Molly Ivins texas color different California is now close to spending more on prisons than it does on higher education - surely the death warrant of a civilization. Molly Ivins california doe civilization 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. Molly Ivins would-be water needs We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films, and worst of all, in the home - that even First Amendment absolutists sometimes daydream about how nice it would be to have government-as-nanny just outlaw all this effluent. Molly Ivins rap nice home Texas is a fine place for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses. Molly Ivins horse dog men nothing like a few restful weeks contemplating the decline of civilization to restore the humors. What I did on my summer vacation was listen to a lot of people talk about the decline of practically everything - you could call it the leisure of the theory class. Molly Ivins vacation summer civilization My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. "How do you Latinas do this all the time in touch with your emotions?" I asked her. "That's why we take siestas," she replied. Molly Ivins awful cutting emotion And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me. Molly Ivins funny-things optimist disorder This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency Molly Ivins he-man ignorance men Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced. Molly Ivins fun men country the more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a body will wind up adding to the mythology. Molly Ivins texas trying wind I know vegetarians don't like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of land that's good for nothing but grazing. Molly Ivins awful land vegetarianism It is quite reasonable to subscribe both to the old saw that no good girl was ever ruined by a book and to the perception that it is not good for children to be constantly exposed to the sexual violence in our popular culture. Protecting children seems to me logically, legally, and rather easily differentiated from censorship. Molly Ivins girl book children Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal - fish gotta swim and hearts gotta bleed. Molly Ivins sorry swim heart 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. Molly Ivins characteristics mankind thinking The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it. Molly Ivins advantage able sin I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. Molly Ivins saws texas
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