"The Afghan War has clearly reached a stage similar to that moment at your child's party where you realise you've forgotten to give the other parents a pick up time."

--

Source : "The News Quiz". BBC Radio 4, January 23, 2009.

Jeremy Hardy

#Children Quotes #War Quotes #Party Quotes

“Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.”
“I like girls who don't mind that I hang out with my friends.”
“There is no business model in the modern media that promotes comity. If we worried too much about criticism, we wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.”
“What must it be like to live in Rush Limbaughs world? A world where when anyone other than conservative, white men attempts to do anything or enter any profession, be it business, politics, art or sports, the only reason theyre allowed entry or, incredibly, attain excellence is because the standard was lowered. Be they liberals, people of color, women, the poor or anyone with an accent.... Edgy, controversial, brilliant. What a way to shake up intelligent sports commentary. Hitler would have killed in talk radio. He was edgy, too.”
“The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer. It insists that it cannot be affected by the traumas of the external world; it shows, in fact, that such traumas are no more than occasions for it to gain pleasure.”
“Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.”

Source : ABC Radio "AM" program, August 25, 1995.
“Freedom is much more complicated than servitude.”

Source : Caryl Rivers (1991). “More joy than rage: crossing generations with the new feminism”, Univ Pr of New England
“I don't think I could have written what I did any earlier.”

You may also like:

Barry Cryer
Writer
Dave Gorman
Author
Humphrey Lyttelton
Musician
Jack Dee
Comedian
Marcus Brigstocke
Comedian
Mark Steel
Columnist
Rich Hall
Comedian
Francesca Martinez
Comedian
Sandi Toksvig
Writer