#in

I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws? ↗

— Bill Maher

#better #country #critique #else #flaws

The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I don't know how well this is working out. Today after the first one Bush said, 'I've got one question: What color is the red phone?' ↗

— Bill Maher

#briefings #bush #clinton #color #first

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#being #conviction #had #i #lives

Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.' ↗

— Bill Maher

#big #bush #case #destroy #i

President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all. ↗

— Bill Maher

#any #arnold #because #bush #conservatives

The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap. ↗

— Bill Maher

#could #crap #defense #early #get

When you want to make it clear to the rest of the world that you are not an imperialist, the best countries to have with you are Britain and Spain. ↗

— Bill Maher

#britain #clear #countries #imperialist #make

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#concerned #democracy #eat #educated #egypt

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#accused #between #choice #given #heresy

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#also #because #books #boy #good