Chicken Soup for a Cynic

My Top 5 inspiration quotes….

"The b@#$% set me up!!!"
-- Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry
This reminds me that no matter how bad you screw up, there's always someone else to blame. In fact, I believe that's Capital One's mission statement.

"Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski. Condolences! The bums lost! My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?"
-- The Big Lewboski
Because everyone has a hippy friend with his hand stuck in your bag of Cheese Doodles.

"2 legit 2 quit"
-- M.C. Hammer
This quote - and the Hammer's ultimate demise - remind me to pay my taxes and limit my entourage.

"Shake it, bake it, just don't fake it. Use it, abuse it, just don't lose it."
-- Ron Jeremy
This would have been my high school yearbook quote, but it didn't match the senior portrait glamour shot of me posed in a half-shirt on my Trans-Am with my dog and guitar by my side.

"If you can't convince them, confuse them."
-- Harry Truman
A quote that offers hope and promise to many of our elected politicians on a daily basis.


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