Gene Weingarten Quotes

I believe that the fragile-flower, idea-intolerant society of victimhood that is being cultivated in many colleges today is really bad.

Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must come out.

Editorials are editorials. They a supposed to have an opinion, even a very strong one.

The horrifying thing is that nearly half of America seems in synch with xenophobia and race-baiting.

The verb "Garland" should be created. It would mean to unfairly put a stinking albatross around someone's neck, to make him unemployable.

The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right.

I once found myself driving, smoking a cigar, taking notes, and talking on the phone at the same time. I only became completely aware of this when I had to shift, and realized something had to give.

One thing I am learning from the kitten is that everything he is doing seems to be in preparation for murder.

Rhyme is cool again. It's because of hip-hop. Bless you, hip-hop.

I think Marco Rubio could never have recovered from revealing himself to be pathetic.

Every single fat comic uses his weight as a punchline. There is something sad about that.

I think politics is everything.

Being both stupid and ignorant is an accomplishment.

When Trump says fake news, he means journalism that makes points with which he disagrees, usually about him.

I think Trump is simply inept, incapable of rescuing himself.

I don't think I could ever love someone with whom I fundamentally disagreed, politically.

Politics is how you think about life itself.

Life entails risk, and you have to draw some lines.

America is an incredibly polarized country politically. I think ANY Republican would start out with 42 percent of the vote.

Hillary Clinton rubs people the wrong way, for valid reasons.

Donald Trump's humor is hostile to a fault.

Shakespeare was such a splendid vulgarian.

Making stuff up is the worst thing a journalist can do. Plagiarizing is the second worst.

First, in a love song, or any song for that matter, using a plastic word like "inhibitions" is just completely without feel or texture. It demonstrates a tin ear for communication.

I personally favor old mechanical watches, but my snobbery does not extend to demanding that all people wear them. My snobbery demands that no one wear a digital.

My neighborhood is fairly white, yet the local middle school is all black. It is bad. It is very bad.

I need an irony punctuation mark for the clueless.

I have some advice: Unless she is pregnant or handicapped, don't give up a seat to a woman unless you KNOW she is well over 60. Trust me on this, even if I am a liberal.

I'll smoke anything. I won't spend a lot of money on cigars, because I consider that too self indulgent. $3, max, except for special occasions. And yes, I do know the difference.

I believe men's faces come in two kinds: Faces that need a blade, and faces that need an electric. I never was happy with an electric. I became pizzaneck.

Donald Trump would never belong to a church that required a ten percent hit. He's too smart.

Donald Trump is an awful loser.

On Twitter, people like me regularly get called "sore losers" by Trumpeters. It just makes me roll my eyes. This is not about winning and losing. We all lost, even them, they just don't know it yet.

The people who are voting for Trump are not voting rationally.

It is hard to quantify the value of name recognition, but Donald Trump has gone from fame to international mega-fame. That has to be gargantuan when your business is your name.

Being "Jewish" is way stronger culturally than it is religiously.

I very much believe in the Intentional Fallacy. If Donald Trump lies and dopes and bumbles and staggers his way into peace in the middle east, he gets credit for it. He owns it.

International politics is not my strong suit. The older I get the less certain I am that I even HAVE a strong suit.

I really value unforgettable moments. Things you can tell people about. We have too few of them in our lives, and it is all too seldom that we can create one such moment for a stranger.

When my daughter was a senior in high school, I remember noticing, almost in passing, that her friends were very cute. Which made me realize her friends' fathers probably found Molly very cute.

I believe that sensitivity to issues of race and ethnicity is important, and nuanced, even more so when it intersects with the issue of free speech.

I don't think there is prejudice against atheists the same way there is prejudice against fat people. I don't think people hate or contemn atheists; I think people feel sorry for atheists.

I feel like no matter what happens in my career endeavors after today, going to grad school is one of the best decisions I've ever made.

That is my theory to explain the I don't knows. It's human.

I don't see a point in advertising my marital status when men don't. Completely ridiculous.

I think Donald Trump's going to quickly disappear from radar.

I think we too often go soft in trying to spare people the agony of confronting reality.

Knowing the identity of the leaker helps you analyze the likelihood that the material is real.

It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.

It is not a coincidence that Donald Trump has attracted white supremacists.