Mort Sahl Quotes

• I've arranged with my executor to be buried in Chicago. Because when I die, I want to still remain active politically.

  Mort Sahl

  Chicago, Want, Buried

  "Political comedy pioneer Mort Sahl coming to Marin" by Stan Sinberg, www.sfgate.com. February 27, 2004.

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• One thing about being narrow-minded: you'll never be lonely.

  Mort Sahl

  Lonely, One Thing, Narrow-minded

  Twitter post from Apr 15, 2011

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• Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.

  Mort Sahl

  Political, Politics, Conservative

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• There's a danger our fiscal bankruptcy might overtake our moral bankruptcy.

  Mort Sahl

  Might, Moral, Danger

  Twitter post from Apr 04, 2011

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• There were four million people in the American Colonies and we had Jefferson and Franklin. Now we have over 200 million and the two top guys are Clinton and Dole. What can you draw from this? Darwin was wrong.

  Mort Sahl

  Two, People, Guy

  "Fey’s Fantastic, But Never The Twain She’ll Meet" by Michael Sigman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2011.

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• Remember that no matter how selfish, how cruel, how unfeeling you have been today, every time you take a breath, you make a flower happy.

  Mort Sahl

  Selfish, Flower, Matter

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• That feeling of hopelessness only serves your masters.

  Mort Sahl

  Feelings, Hopelessness, Masters

  Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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• I'm for capital punishment. You've got to execute people. How else are they going to learn?

  Mort Sahl

  Punishment, People, Capital Punishment

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• Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.

  Mort Sahl

  Lying, Apology, Differences

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• My life needs editing.

  Mort Sahl

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• If you maintain a consistent political position long enough, you'll eventually be accused of treason.

  Mort Sahl

  Long, Political, Enough

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• A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.

  Mort Sahl

  Believe, Reform, Conservative

  Twitter post from May 19, 2012

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• In the forties, to get a girl you had to be a GI or a jock. In the fifties, to get a girl you had to be Jewish. In the sixties, to get a girl you had to be black. In the seventies, to get a girl you've got to be a girl.

  Mort Sahl

  Girl, Sex, Black

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• If someone were to ask me for a short cut to sensuality, I would suggest he go shopping for a used 427 Shelby-Cobra. But it is only fair to warn you that of the 300 guys who switched to them in 1966, only two went back to women.

  Mort Sahl

  Cutting, Shopping, Two

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• Will Rogers…used to come out with a newspaper and pretend he was a
  yokel criticizing the intellectuals who ran the government. I come out with
  a newspaper and pretend I’m an intellectual making fun of the yokels
  running the government.

  Mort Sahl

  Running, Fun, Government

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• When Obama ran, he said, We can change the world! The world: can you change it back?!

  Mort Sahl

  Change, World, Said

  Twitter post from Apr 01, 2011

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• If anybody comes up to you and says, My kid is a conservative - why is that? you say, Remember in the 60′s when we told you if you kept using drugs your kids would be mutants?

  Mort Sahl

  Kids, Drug, Would Be

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• I don't believe in good people and bad people. I believe in the better parts of people.

  Mort Sahl

  Believe, People, Good People

  Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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• The fact is that you can't have a good relationship with a girl who hasn't settled things with her father.

  Mort Sahl

  Girl, Father, Good Relationship

  Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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• The bravest thing that men do is love women.

  Mort Sahl

  Love, Funny Valentines Day, Silly

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• People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.

  Mort Sahl

  Lonely, People, Guy

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• A Yuppie is someone who believes it's courageous to eat in a restaurant that hasn't been reviewed yet.

  Mort Sahl

  Believe, Yuppies, Courageous

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• This matter of two sides to every question is bad logic and bad practice: sometimes there are no sides; sometimes there are a hundred.

  Mort Sahl

  Practice, Two Sides, Matter

  Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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• You know what I want you to do? I want you to blow out the candle and curse the darkness.

  Mort Sahl

  Blow, Darkness, Want

  Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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• Obama says his recreation consists of reading the Constitution... looking for a loophole.

  Mort Sahl

  Reading, Constitution, Recreation

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