WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:24:04 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg fantod – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Ivins, Molly -- Essay (2005-03), “Use It or Lose It,” The Progressive, Vol. 69, No. 3 https://wist.info/ivins-molly/85094/ https://wist.info/ivins-molly/85094/#respond Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:19:23 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=85094 Friends, soulwise, these are trying times. Now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of our country, and it won’t help if you all cower in places like Madison and the Upper West Side, having hot fantods over the approach of fascism. To the barricades, team. And for Lord’s sake, don’t leave your sense of humor behind.


Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2005-03), “Use It or Lose It,” The Progressive, Vol. 69, No. 3

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