#ten

Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#attention #attorney #because #board #city

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#belief #inconsistent #manifestly #opinion #own

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#country #depends #every #existence #good

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#combat #comparison #contractors #else #individuals

Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#hypocrisy #ostentation #signal

I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#i #lot #moon #nowhere #view

Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar. ↗

— William E. Geist

#chilled #consistency #pressed #tar

I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity. ↗