My mother never saw the irony of calling me a son of a bitch.
—Jack Nicholson
Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle.
— Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
What happened with that petition for the City of New York to rename Fifth Avenue Barack Obama Avenue to make the address of Trump Tower 721–725 Barack Obama Avenue?
Feds spend 10x more on fossil fuel subsidies than educaton. I think the logic is, if they can't do math they won't be able to see how badly they're being ripped off.
—Bill McKibben
t’s the guns, stupid.
—George Takei
Trump just repeats the lines from his earbud while pretending to use the teleprompter so people will think he can read.
If Trump were any more full of shit, he'd be covered in maggots instead of MAGAts.
Why would anyone need an assault weapon, unless, of course, you can't get laid and everyone laughs at you, so you feel compelled to carry out an assault?
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
—Voltaire
A thought that sometimes makes me hazy: Am I—or are the others—crazy?
—Albert Einstein
We're in an alternate timeline in which Trump's joke about seeking the presidency went too far and mankind was hurled into extinction. But it's okay. The original timeline is doing fine and that version of us has a bright future. We just won't see it.
There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.
—Robert Orben
Ever wonder if megachurches launder money?
—Eric Garland
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
—Mick Jagger
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It’s been obvious from the very first moment he stepped onto the political stage that Donald Trump is a racist. And that racism is at the core of his political ideology. It’s not a side dish. It’s the main course.
—Seth Meyers
It’s hard to calculate the damage that President Trump’s overt racism and almost daily attacks on black and brown people are having on the fabric of our nation.
—Susan Rice
No, not every Trump supporter is a racist, xenophobic, alt-right man-child. However, every racist, xenophobic alt-right man-child is a Trump supporter.
―Rick Wilson, Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever
You never realize how important character is in the presidency until you have a president without it.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
I again appeal to the President-elect of the U.S. Donald Trump to show leadership on this issue by abandoning his position that man-made climate change is a hoax.
—Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji, which has already been severely affected by rising sea levels
You don’t have massive fraud by voters. You have massive fraud by election officials.
—Greg Palast, investigative reporter @Greg_Palast
Remember, Donald Trump only plays a billionaire on television. He’s not a billionaire.
—Greg Palast