#riff

When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his 287(g) status. When Sheriff Joe refused to balk, they filed suit against him with a frivolous civil rights claim. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#arizona #balk #civil #civil rights #claim

Bob Taylor and I playing brothers. And I was a Mexican bandit. And he was the sheriff of the town. And we loved each other. We loved each other very much. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

#bob #brothers #each #i #loved

Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#cake #chelsea #eat #funny #griffin

Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff. ↗

— Carl Reiner

#comedians #pencils #pens #really #riff

I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform. ↗

— William McKinley

#i #i am #man #platform #standing

The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed. ↗

— Alan Keyes

#allowed #before #claim #experiment #failed

Once Smith had you, he would most likely have tried to negotiate for the lamp." Everything inside her warmed gently. "You'd give up the lamp if you thought my life depended on it?" "Without a second thought." "Oh, Griffin, I'm truly touched. I know how important the lamp is to you." "And then I'd slit the bastard's throat." She groaned and rested her forehead on her knees. "Two birds with one lamp. Who says a crime lord can't be a romantic at heart? ↗

— Amanda Quick

#griffin #life

Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together. ↗

— Chad Smith

#bass #chemistry #come #get #get together

I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn't work for me and my voice. ↗

— James Iha

#feel #heavy #huge #i #i write

Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#humor