Molly Ivins: "The first rule of holes: when you're in..."

About Molly Ivins

Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, author, and political commentator, known for her trenchant wit and satirical critiques of political figures.

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What you need is sustained outrage.… There's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.

—Molly Ivins

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Wouldn't you think some sociologist would have done a comparative study by now to prove, as I have always suspected, that there is a higher proportion of Undeserving Rich than Undeserving Poor?

—Molly Ivins

Whatever you do, don't give up. Because all you can do once you've given up is bitch. I've known some great bitchers in my time. With some it's a passion; with others, an art.

—Molly Ivins

It's all very well to run around saying regulation is bad, get the government off our backs, etc. Of course our lives are regulated. When you come to a stop sign, you stop; if you want to go fishing, you get a license; if you want to shoot ducks, you can shoot only three ducks. The alternative is dead bodies at the intersection, no fish, and no ducks. OK?

—Molly Ivins

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The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

—Nancy Friday

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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

—Ralph W. Sockman

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Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures and conveniences of capitalism while sneering at it.… Everyone born into capitalism has incurred a debt to it. Give Caesar his due.

—Camille Paglia

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I don’t owe people anything, and I don’t have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.

—Ned Vizzini in It’s Kind of a Funny Story

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A promise made is a debt unpaid.

—Robert W. Service

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The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging.

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