The Sunshine Empire

“Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. ”
-Voltaire

“Be optimistic. . . Actually don’t. That’s a sure path to disappointment.”
-Biggus Rickus

“People always think something’s all true.”
-Holden Caulfield (Character from J. D. Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye)

“There’s a rumor that NBC is so upset with me that want to keep me off the air for three years. My response to that is if NBC doesn’t want people to see me, just leave me on NBC.”
-Conan O’Brien

“Blow, blow, thou winter wind, thou art not so unkind as man’s ingratitude.”
-William Shakespeare

Vice President Joe Biden, during a Democratic presidential debate said of the former mayor of New York City, “Rudy Giuliani… I mean, think about it! Rudy Giuliani. 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!” But Mayor 9/11 himself seems [...]

“I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.”
-Bill Watterson

“Where force is necessary, we have a moral and strategic interest in binding ourselves to certain rules of conduct. And even as we confront a vicious adversary that abides by no rules, I believe the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. That is what makes us different [...]

“I’m talking about a Senate minority that is now entirely owned and operated by a right-wing fringe that glorifies ignorance and demands total obstruction of President Obama’s agenda. Filibusters used to be a last resort. These Republicans use them like most people use their toothbrush.”
-James Carville (From a DSCC fundraising email)