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Who’s Britannica to tell me that the Panama Canal was built in 1914? If I want to say that it was built in 1941, that’s my right as an American.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner (April 2006)
- Facts
The greatest thing about this man is he’s steady. You know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday that he believed on Monday — no matter what happened Tuesday.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner (April 2006)
- Clever Jabs
- Presidency
I have tender feelings for Nixon, because everybody has warm feelings about their childhood.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964Rolling Stone interview (31 October 2006)
- Presidency
And reality has a well-known liberal bias.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner (April 2006)
- Clever Jabs
- Politics
I think of him as a well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot.
Stephen Colbertborn 1964On his character in The Colbert Report, in an interview on 60 Minutes (30 April 2006)
- Television
Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could; they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834Lectures and Notes on Shakespeare and Other English Poets (1811–1818), Part I: “Lectures on Shakespeare and Milton. 1811–1812”, Lecture I, p. 36
- Clever Jabs
- Writing
I am nothing but a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Woman in White (1860), Second Epoch, The Story Continued by Frederick Fairlie, Esq., of Limmeridge HouseIn context
- Health
Whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn’t matter, you must have your breakfast.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Moonstone (1868), First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848), Chapter XIIn context
- Food
Such a book as Robinson Crusoe never was written, and never will be written again. I have tried that book for years⁠—generally in combination with a pipe of tobacco⁠—and I have found it my friend in need in all the necessities of this mortal life. When my spirits are bad⁠—Robinson Crusoe. When I want advice⁠—Robinson Crusoe.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Moonstone (1868), First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848), Chapter IIn context
- Reading
People that haven’t seen us yet are shocked because they think that Alice Cooper must be a female folksinger.
Alice Cooperborn 1948Poppin (1969)
- Music
He has a woman’s name and wears makeup. How original.
Alice Cooperborn 1948On Marilyn Manson, as quoted in Celebrity Diss and Tell: Stars Talk About Each Other (2005) by Boze Hadleigh
- Clever Jabs
- Music
The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.
Ann Coulterborn 1961“Obama Is Not A Muslim” (September 1, 2010).
- Clever Jabs
- Presidency
There are a lot of bad Republicans; there are no good Democrats.
Ann Coulterborn 1961Interview with Brian Lamb at Booknotes (August 11, 2002).
- Clever Jabs
- Politics
I really liked Deadheads and the whole Dead concert scene: the tailgating, the tie-dye uniforms, the camaraderie — it was like NASCAR for potheads.
Ann Coulterborn 1961Interview in Jambands (June 23, 2006).
- Music
Anyone who thinks the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world is a twat.
Brian Coxborn 1968Radio Times interview, Sept 8, 2008.
- Clever Jabs
- Science