“ quote unquote ”

“The sudden outbreak of peace in Iraq has made me realize, among other things, one incontestable fact: I have no business holding a pen, at least with intent to write.”

• Thomas J. Friedman

(via Antony Loewenstein, who seems to have confused Thomas J. with Thomas L.)

“I said on radio and TV that Sarah Palin had a brain like a leaf-blower and I got 700 emails from leaf-blowers complaining about the comparison.”

• Paul Ehrlich

Hmmm...