Category Archives: Quotable Notables

“Here’s how it works. The president makes decisions. He’s the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put ’em through a spell check and go home. … Continue reading →

“I kept coming back to one main question: if the objective of foreign aid is imperialism, is that so wrong? I often found myself envying people like Charlie who believed so strongly in our system that they wanted to force … Continue reading →

"You know, there are different kinds of refugees. There are people who are forced to take refuge under a railroad bridge because they ain’t got noplace to go, and there are those who take refuge in public office …" –Woody … Continue reading →

“THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL PEOPLE IS TO LIE TO THEM…, because the second you start telling anybody close to the truth, you start releasing him and he gets tougher and tougher to control.”–L. Ron Hubbard, from the Scientology … Continue reading →

“Andy Card kept more of his own sense of self than most people who can survive George W. Bush, who is roughly like handling a psychotic homocidal maniac, in that the slightest peeve or tick is enough to get someone … Continue reading →

“At this point the conservatives of all ages are thoroughly dishonest: they added lies.”–Friedrich Nietzsche, Die fröhliche Wissenschaft

“This entire Washington Post blogger experience, it’s like watching a puppy walk into the Coliseum. You’re horrified by what you’re about to see, but at the same time, you really want to get some popcorn.”—John in DC

“Over and over again our creative work saves us from forgetting what matters, from our focused productivity and our well-laid plans, from the certainty that we know what is best, that we can make things come out the way we … Continue reading →