“Because it’s everything Bama Isn’t, Better than Tulane, a Southerner’s Dream and a Northerner’s Wish, The pride and joy of the great state of Louisiana, Mike the Tiger, I bleed purple & gold, Tiger Stadium on a Saturday Night, Ole Miss’s worst nightmare, and a place that can get in your blood and stay forever” – The Veteran Shirt
“I refuse to segregate my conscience.” – Martin Luther King
Christie: “Real quick random question: Ya know the things in New Orleans that broke during Katrina… How do you spell them?”
Adam: “Levee, government, communication… I think you can even spell it ’social wellbeing’ too”
“I have to focus. I’m reading the constitution of Liechtenstein.” – Chris
“There’s nothing like chopping off the head of a king to make a thousand flowers bloom.” – Dr. – Victor Feske
“Never anything can be amiss / When simpleness and duty tender it.” – Theseus – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare
“While we hoped that popular revolt or coup would topple Saddam, neither the U.S. nor the countries of the region wished to see the breakup of the Iraqi state. We were concerned about the long-term balance of power at the head of the Gulf. Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in “mission creep,” and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible. We had been unable to find Noriega in Panama, which we knew intimately. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well. Under those circumstances, furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-cold war world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the U.N.’s mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different–and perhaps barren–outcome.” – George Bush the Elder – Time (2 March 1998)
“Propaganda is to democracy what violence is to totalitarianism.” – Noam Chomsky – Propaganda, American-style.
“Yes, Cajun and Creole musicians do get drunk. In fact, as I write this, there is a drunk Cajun sitting right next to me, playing the accordion. This is not the point, however. In the songs collected on this album, we can see that Cajuns and Creoles do far more that just get wasted. In these songs, drunk people dream. They waltz. They get their guns and go out in the middle of the night and kill raccoons. When their bottles are empty, they stomp their feet and play furious, driving dirges on the fiddle. People all over the world get drunk on Saturday night and have hangovers on Sunday, but Cajuns drink a glass of lemonade and then write a song about it.” – Producer Joshua Clegg Caffery of Valcour Records
“Scotch tends to make people make snooty noises, makes them swirl their drink and discuss the “bouquet of flavors,” whereas I tend to guzzle. When it comes to whiskey, my drink is high-proof bourbon. Don’t get me wrong—I like Scotch; it’s just that I prefer it in a squirt bottle full of ice so I can pretend I’m drinking tea on camping trips.”
Jason Lewis for Modern Drunkard Magazine
“WOOOOOOO WOO WOO WOOOOO WOOOOOO WOO WOOOO!!!!!” – Me, finishing the marathon and scaring other runners.
“Best Marathon Ever!” – Andy
“Sweet. Well, thanks. I like to think that you’re joviality and generosity are two of the pillars that Third Row are founded upon. If I ever imagine the Christmas Carol of my life, you inevitably end up being the Ghost of Christmas present. A giant of mirth.” – Me, On Master Jaysus
“You guys are the physical manifestation of all the baser qualities of man, but you’re so celebratory about them that it’s impossible to not love you for them.” – Me, on the essence of Ducoteness
Me – “I’ve got a handle of gin upstairs.”
Chris – “What’s your mixer?”
My response – “… Gin.”
“Bless this grain which any fool can eat, but for which the Lord intended a more divine means of consumption. Let us give praise to our Maker and glory to His bounty by learning about beer.” – Michael McShane as “Friar Tuck” in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
“Dick Cheney insists on link between Al Qaeda and Kevin Bacon. Al Qaeda was trained by the CIA which was created by Harry Truman who dropped the bomb which was conceived by the Manhattan Project which was a movie starring John Lithgow who was in Footloose with Kevin Bacon.” – Tatsuya Ishida
