Top 23 Quotes by Molly Ivins

About Molly Ivins

These are some quotes by American author Molly Ivins Journalist, who lived between August 30, 1944 and January 31, 2007.

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

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

Molly Ivins

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

Molly Ivins

And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

Molly Ivins

Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.

Molly Ivins

I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.

I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.

Molly Ivins

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

Molly Ivins

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

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

Molly Ivins

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

Molly Ivins

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.

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.

Molly Ivins

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