Short Cuts
In their own words — the quotes of the day, newest first.
Thursday Short Cuts
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." —George Carlin
Wednesday Short Cuts
"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them." —François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Tuesday Short Cuts
"We're at the point where it's more acceptable to curse the president at an awards show than to insult murderous MS-13 gang members." —@hale_razor
Monday Short Cuts
The Gipper: "The system has not failed. Some human beings have failed the system."
Friday Short Cuts
"I'd like to tell the president ... I am so grateful for everything that you've done for me and my family." —Alice Marie Johnson
Thursday Short Cuts
"Willful, gleeful stupidity is the primary thing preventing us from having any kind of fruitful dialogue." —Matt Walsh
Wednesday Short Cuts
Take their ball and go home: "No one wants the [White House] invite anyway." —LeBron James
Tuesday Short Cuts
Great question: "Is there ANY reporter willing to ask Bill Clinton about RAPING me?" —Juanita Broaddrick
Monday Short Cuts
"Sotomayor is the most consistently hostile Justice on the Supreme Court towards religious liberty." —Erick Erickson
Friday Short Cuts
"An entire network's legal and editorial team knew exactly what Bee would say, approved it, and broadcast it." —Sean Davis
Thursday Short Cuts
America First: "The war on coal is over. We're going to be energy dominant and energy independent." —Scott Pruitt
Wednesday Short Cuts
Braying Jackass: Roseanne "too authentically represented the actual worldview of a significant chunk of the Trump base." —Chris Hayes
Tuesday Short Cuts
Hillary Clinton, the sore loser, calls the Electoral College "a little troubling."
Friday Short Cuts
Braying Jenny: "I think it's a good thing for Kim Jong-un." —House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
Thursday Short Cuts
"I started saying in 1985 I don't think we should have … music talking about n—rs and b—es and hoes." —jazz musician Wynton Marsalis
Wednesday Short Cuts
Interesting choice of terminology: "If you're going to shoot [Trump], you have to shoot to kill." —Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe
Tuesday Short Cuts
"We've seen that the less [Mueller and his team] come up with, the more they investigate instead of the opposite." —Mark Penn
Monday Short Cuts
Belly laugh of the week: "We are going to take back the country we love." —Hillary Clinton on the "deplorable" country she detests
Friday Short Cuts
"The sexual revolution has been a catastrophic failure... Maybe it's time to cut our losses and go back to the old way" —Matt Walsh
Thursday Short Cuts
"We're at the point where Hamas are freedom fighters and the NRA is a terrorist organization." —Twitter satirist @hale_razor