“I once saw a snake having sex with a vulture, and I thought, It’s just business as usual in Washington DC.”
― The Days of Yay are Here! Wake Me Up When They're Over.
― The Days of Yay are Here! Wake Me Up When They're Over.
“The mistake you make, don't you see,is in thinking one can live in a corrupt society without being corrupt oneself. After all, what do you achieve by refusing to make money? You're trying to behave as though one could stand right outside our economic system. But one can't. One's got to change the system, or one changes nothing. One can't put things right in a hole-and-corner way, if you take my meaning.”
― Keep the Aspidistra Flying
― Keep the Aspidistra Flying
“The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind."
(Marco)”
― An Instance of the Fingerpost
(Marco)”
― An Instance of the Fingerpost
“Newt Gingrich, buddy, the people of the United States don’t like you. And the only reason the rest of the world doesn’t despise you is because they don’t know you. Thankfully you won’t have to experience that global derision, as you have reached the pinnacle of your career as a crook—I mean politician.”
― This Book is Not for Sale
― This Book is Not for Sale
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