Molly Ivins Quotes

Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh at them.

I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil.
And that no one knows the truth.

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."

[Shrub Flubs His Dub, The Nation, June 18, 2001]

Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.

I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point-race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.