back home next
~Joan Vennochi, columnist at the Boston Globe, on the hard time Romney's having getting his story straight
[05.18.07]
"In our view, the court does not comprehend, or is indifferent to, the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination."
~Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, "reading a dissent from the bench. In the past six weeks, Ginsberg has used this rare practice to criticize opinions she says undermine women's rights" [posted on Time.com]
[05.30.07]
“Reasonable people can disagree with each other without questioning their motives.”
~Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam (R-Fla.), in response to Bush bad-mouthing the House GOP on immigration. This from a party that, when disagreeing with Dems, accuses them of aiding terrorists
[06.15.07]
"The things she has said over the years, not just about John but about other candidates, lowers the political dialogue at precisely the time we need to raise it."
~Elizabeth Edwards, in a phone call to Hardball, where Ann Coulter was a guest
[06.28.07]
A brief change for A&A.com readers:
I memorized this poem for extra credit senior year of high school, and I stare at it every night as I brush my teeth. To me, it ranks right up there with the Desiderata...
IF by Rudyard Kipling
[07.12.07]
"Rudy has used the horrible events of September 11 to create a persona that is an elaborate fabrication. He is nothing more than a shameless self-promoter."
~IAFF Pres. Harold Schaitberger
[07.18.07]
"Dennis, the thing I like best about you is your wife."
~Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) to Rep. Dennis Kucinich during this week's Democratic Presidential Debate
[07.25.07]
"This is a song for anyone that's Irish, 'cause this is how we feel."
~Glen Hansard, star of "Once" and one half of Swell Season, introducing a song about feeling guilty for something you didn't do
[08.14.07]
"I take this opportunity to speak from the heart..."
~Michael Vick, after pleading guilty to various charges related to dog-fighting. Ed. Note: YOU, SIR, HAVE NO HEART!!!
[08.27.07]
"The Senate is already a deeply undemocratic institution -- a majority of votes can be mustered from states that represent roughly 18 percent of the nation's population. Personally, I am for abolishing or radcically reforming the Senate, something I know won't happen soon."
~E. J. Dionne in the WashPost
[09.20.07]
"I always wanted to be a reporter - maybe some TV. Who knows? Some serious news - but some modeling, too . . . I just don't want to end up like Katie Couric. I want people to take me seriously."
~Miss USA Rachel Smith
[09.27.07]
"You can't talk about being a teenage mother and stopping the spread of AIDS without talking about condoms."
~Jenna Bush, during an interview with Glamour, demonstrating that she, unlike her father, paid attention in health class
[10.03.07]
"Dick Cheney's legacy is something America should be concerned about. We have much to regret by allowing his
criminal behavior."
~Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY)
[10.10.07]
"There's only three things he mentions in a sentence -- a noun, a verb, and 9/11. There's nothing else! There's nothing else! And I mean this sincerely. He's genuinely not qualified to be president."
~Presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden on Rudy Guiliani
[11.16.07]
~from John Updike's book Roger's Version, referenced in Notes from Under the Fig Tree
[01.18.07]
"Bono and Bob Geldof are very human, but they have demonstrated that they believe there is sanctity to life that has to be protected. If that makes them saints, then I would go along with that.."
~Bishop Timothy Ellis, organizer of the U2-charist, to take place in England in May
[01.31.07]
"Most people have a very hard time forgiving those whom they have deeply wronged."
~Molly Ivins, summarizing the public's feelings about then First Lady Hillary Clinton. Ivins, a sharp, funny and celebrated political columnist, passed away last week [02.07.07]
"I'm offended I had to answer the question."
~a Floridian woman, miffed that a Vagina Monologues marquee prompted her niece to ask her what a "vagina" was. Read this for the whole hilarious "hoohaa brouhaha"
[02.14.07]
"Most travel is best of all in the anticipation or the remembering; the reality has more to do with losing your luggage."
~Regina Nadelson
[03.07.07]
"Sir, I think I stated earlier how important I think free and open debate, the marketplace of ideas and all the other great qualities that our country has achieved are, in fact, to our country."
~Gen. Petraeus, the lead U.S. commander in Iraq, defending the Congressional debate about the war, and explaining that U.S. soldiers, like Members of Congress, also have diverse opinions on the war
[03.14.07]
"Maybe your child will get into Princeton and my daughter will go to Brenda's College of Cosmetology, but the truth always catches up with you in the end. Children whose parents did their dioramas wind up rich and tortured by self-doubt and bounce in and out of rehab and probably will do some jail time. It's just common sense."
~Garrison Keillor
[03.21.07]
"There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it."
~Alice Paul, women's rights activist and backer of the Equal Rights Amendment, which was recently reintroduced to Congress
[03.28.07]
"This is a big moment. These little girls that are learning about presidents are learning about only men who would be president. Now, all of a sudden, the glass ceiling is broken."
~Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), after endorsing Hillary Clinton's candidacy for president. The Boston Globe reported that "his decision was crystallized when he heard his 5-year-old daughter, Molly, excitedly discussing Clinton's candidacy with her kindergarten classmates."
[04.12.07]
"This cannot be understood as anything other than an effort to chip away at a right declared again and again by this court--and with increasing comprehension of its centrality to women's lives."
~Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from her dissenting opinion on the decision to uphold the late-term abortion ban
[04.19.07]
"She is, after Hillary Clinton, perhaps the most polarizing woman in America. When you're outspoken, that comes with the territory. But it's a shame that O'Donnell won't be around much..."
~Marc Peyser, on Rosie's departure from The View. He's right on both counts--I'm a huge Rosie fan.
[04.26.07]