Les Pages Aux Folles: Quotes Like To Throw The Word "Forsooth" Into Casual Conversation Just To Get A Reaction
Quotes Like To Throw The Word "Forsooth" Into Casual Conversation Just To Get A Reaction
Some We Sell To Commemorate A Hatefully Racist Legacy – Oh, Did I Forget To Mention That One?
"It's great to sell all kinds of flags. Some flags we sell for celebrations, some for occasions of grief, some for people who want to show solidarity with others."
- Sat Gupta, owner of Reppa Flags and Souvenirs in Toronto, explaining why he will still sell the Confederate flag
And A True Believer Is My Slave
"A FREE THINKER IS SATAN'S SLAVE"
- sign outside the Assembly of God church
What A Difference An Encyclical Makes!
"I don't get economic policy from my bishops or my cardinals or my pope."
- Republican Presidential candidate Jeb Bush
"Well, actually, the Genesis 8:22 that I use in there is that ‘as long as the earth remains there will be seed time and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night,' my point is, God's still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous."
- Republican...something else James Inhofe
You, Uhh, Do Know That People From Other Cities Can Hear You, Right?
"It's great to be back in Toronto – Canada's most important city."
- NDP leader Thomas Mulcair
No, I'm Laughing Because Somebody Feeling Like A Girl Ogling Other Girls In The Shower Is Known As A Lesbian
"Now I wish that someone told me that when I was in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in PE. I'm pretty sure that I would have found my feminine side and said, ‘Coach, I think I'd rather shower with the girls today.' You're laughing because it sounds so ridiculous, doesn't it?"
- another Republican Presidential nominee Mike Huckabee
He Has A Point: A Lot Of Powerful People Live In The World Of Disgrace
"I traffic in people of great power. That's my world."
- former CBC show host Evan Solomon
How Did That Prediction Work Out For Ya?
"Mr. Prentice's plan – for an Alberta that taxes a bit more, spends a bit less, and saves more of Alberta's volatile oil revenues in the Heritage Savings Trust Fund – is the best choice before voters. And he is the best choice for Premier"
- Globe and Mail editorial
Or, Better Yet, Walk Up To Somebody And Don't Open Your Mouth At All
Please
"You know, Vice President Joe Biden. You know the nice thing. You don't need a punchline. I promise you it works. At the next party you're at, just walk up to someone and say, ‘Vice President Joe Biden,' and just close your mouth. They will crack up laughing."
- yet another Republican Presidential nominee, Ted Cruz, at a fundraiser five days after Beau Biden died of brain cancer
So, You'll Have An Open Mind When Same Sex Marriage Cases Come Before You...Right?
"[P]olicies that tend to undermine the norms of marital permanence and exclusivity – as same-sex marriage, polygamous marriage and polyamorous unions arguably do – ought to be avoided."
- Justice Bradley Miller, who was appointed by the Harper Government of Canada to the Ontario Court of Appeal
Whereas I'm For War Because I Don't Want Government Money To Go To Americans Who Are Going To Waste It On Food, Shelter Or Other Frivolities
"I was always annoyed with it in Congress because we had an anti-war unofficial group, a few libertarian Republicans and generally the Black Caucus and others did not — they are really against war because they want all of that money to go to food stamps for people here."
- former Republican Presidential nominee Ron Paul
Demagoguery Is The Conservative Drug Of Choice
"This expansion of a pre-existing court-imposed program to now include cookies and candies makes marijuana more attractive and accessible to youth, and reflects Justin Trudeau's campaign to legalize and normalize marijuana."
- Health Minister Rona Ambrose, responding to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that medical marijuana users had the right to ingest the substance in whatever form they chose. The ruling didn't make any reference to candies and, as far as anybody knows, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is not a member of the Supreme Court
Oh, Don't Be So Modest, Steve!
What You Don't Know Could Fill A Universe
"Here is what I don't understand: I don't understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second and support Israel along the line of just following their President."
- Republican Congressman Steve King, who only wishes he was running for the Republican Presidential nomination
And, Unlike Performance Enhancing Drugs, It's Not Only Encouraged, But, In Many Areas Of This Society, Practically Mandatory!
"[T]he core of any truly great athlete is hate."
- Cathal Kelly, Globe and Mail
Not To Forget Canadian Values And Traditions Like Unthinking Intolerance Of The Cultural Practices Of A Small But Select Group Of Immigrants
"The Citizenship Oath is an integral part of Canada's citizenship ceremony, and where new Canadians embrace the country's values and traditions, including the equality of men and women."
- Tim Uppal, Minister of State for Multiculturalism, defending the Harper Government of Canada's proposed law banning Niqabs at citizenship ceremonies
And, Speaking Of Someone Who Knows How To Nail Down The Immigrant Vote!
"They're sending people that have lots of problems. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And, some I assume are good people. But, I speak to border guards and they tell us what we are getting."
- Donald Trump, who just bought himself a position as a Republican Presidential nominee
"I Don't Know If He Fully Understands The American Democratic System..."
          - Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, Referring to Jamie Dimon
"I don't know if she fully understands the global banking system..."
- Jamie Dimon, CEO, JP Morgan Chase & Co., referring to Elizabeth Warren
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Conservatives "will continue to respect the democratic will of Canadians."
- Minister for Democratic Reform Pierre Poilievre