Life is a near-death experience.
George CarlinRead
The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.
Interpretation
The term bipartisan often conceals deceptive practices within politics.
George Carlin's quote highlights the skepticism surrounding the concept of bipartisanship in politics. He suggests that when political parties come together under the guise of cooperation, it may actually be a cover for insincerity and manipulation, implying that true collusion often lies beneath this seemingly positive collaboration.
In practice
During a political debate, one could use this quote to highlight skepticism towards politicians who claim to work together.
Life is a near-death experience.
Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car."
If you've got a cat and a leg, you've got a happy cat. If you've got a cat and two legs, you've got a party.
This is a lttle prayer dedicated to the separation of church and state. I guess if they are going to force those kids to pray in schools they might as well have a nice prayer like this: Our Father who art in heaven, and to the republic for which it stands, thy kingdom come, one nation indivisible as in heaven, give us this day as we forgive those who so proudly we hail. Crown thy good into temptation but deliver us from the twilight's last gleaming. Amen and Awomen.
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Intelligence tests are biased toward the literate.
The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape
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A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.
When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.
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