Notable Quotes

You look at the consequences of black lung for a miner, for instance, and measure that against the fastest-growing job in the United States, [which] before COVID was the solar power technician. The same people can do those jobs, but the choice of doing the solar power one now is a better choice.

- Biden climate czar and former Secretary of State John Kerry

What an arrogant, out-of-touch statement for a centimillionaire to say. You know, “You little people, you know, I don’t like the choices you’re making, and so your jobs go away.”

- Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) responding to Kerry’s statement

I don’t know many poor, or working class, or female, or strugglingto-be-taken-seriously folk who would show up at the inauguration of our 46th president dressed like Bernie.

- From an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle by public high school teacher Ingrid SeyerOchi, talking about Sen. Bernie Sanders’ mittens and casual coat that he wore at the Biden inauguration

This is white supremacy; this is white privilege. It can be hard to pinpoint, but when we see, it, we know it. All of those skilled workers who are in the coal industry and transferring those skills to what we need to do in terms of dealing with reclaiming abandoned land mines.

- Vice President Kamala Harris in a TV interview suggesting that West Virginia workers laid off from the coal mining industry, due to President Biden’s executive order, should deal with abandoned land mines

This president, President Agent Orange [Donald Trump], will go down in history with the likes of Hitler.

- Spike Lee, while accepting a film award, comparing President Trump to the monster who killed 6 million Jews

We recognize that those who stormed the Capitol on January 6 trying to stop Congress from fulfilling their constitutional responsibilities, they were acting as domestic terrorists undermining our Constitution. But let us be clear: those like John Brennan, Adam Schiff and others are also acting as domestic terrorists because they are also undermining our Constitution by trying to take away our civil liberties and rights that are guaranteed to us.

- Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) on Fox News, talking about the left’s effort to cancel and silence any voice that does not agree with their agenda

Calling someone an animal as an insult reinforces the myth that humans are superior to other animals & justified in violating them. Stand up for justice by rejecting supremacist language.

– From a tweet by PETA

We just stood there and ate the whole thing up. It took about 20-30 minutes. We never want to have any oranges again.

- One of a group of four travelers who ate 66 pounds of oranges in about 30 minutes at a Chinese airport, when they were told that they would have to pay a large fee to transport the fruit to their hometowns

It feels so good but hurts so bad.

- Mike Jack, after setting a new Guinness World Record by eating three Carolina Reaper peppers (the world’s hottest chili pepper) in 9.72 seconds

If you do it right, a few years after a surprising invention, the new thing has become normal. People yawn. That yawn is the greatest compliment an inventor can receive. When you look at our financial results, what you’re actually seeing are the long-run cumulative results of invention. Right now, I see Amazon at its most inventive ever, making it an optimal time for this transition.

- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announcing that he will be stepping down from his role as CEO

Every Floridian has the right to earn a living. Florida is open, and we’ve got your back.

- Florida Governor Rod DeSantis (R)

If you work in a restaurant, we have your back. If you’re a hairstylist, we protect your right to earn a living. And if you are a parent, we ensure your kids have the right to attend school in person. Lockdowns do not work. School closures have been disastrous, yet even today, we see across our country businesses shuttered, lives ruined, and schools closed.

- Ibid.

Who cares if they died in the hospital, died in a nursing home? They died.

- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responding to the state attorney general’s report that revealed that his administration downplayed the total number of nursing home residents killed by COVID-19, after he required nursing homes to take back COVID-19 positive patients, thus infecting many others Now let’s talk about gross margins – I paid $67.22 for this. I’m gonna guess she lands this basically for, I don’t know, six bucks? And five bucks for shipping. That’s 85% gross margin. That’s spectacular! Listen, you know what this proves? Inside of every socialist there’s a capitalist screaming to get out.

– Shark Tank star and businessman Kevin O’Leary, in a video post while wearing a “tax the rich” sweatshirt that he bought from Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s (Dem/Socialist-NY) website

Nobody would have predicted that I and Dr. Fauci would be so prominent in these really evil theories.

- Bill Gates to Reuters, when asked if he is surprised to learn that people believe that he wants to use the COVID-19 vaccine to put microchips into Americans

There are many people who feel, you know if you really wanna have an extra little bit of protection “maybe I should put two masks on.” There’s nothing wrong with that, but there’s no data that indicates that that is going to make a difference. and that’s the reason why the CDC has not changed their recommendations.

- Dr. Fauci clarifying a previous statement that he made which seemed to endorse double-masking

I really wish Dr. Fauci would say something in terms of evidence. He never quotes any studies. It’s hard to know if he has any evidence.

- Dr. Harvey Risch of Yale University, on Fox News

OK, everyone go home, we’ve got the worst take of the day. No need to write anymore.

- National Review’s Jeff Blehar responding to CNN’s Chris Cillizza’s assertion that Trump is behind the artificially inflated GameStop stock price There were lots of great submissions but none that captured the bar’s irresistible characteristics while still paying homage to the beloved Whatchamacallit brand quite like the name Whozeewhatzit.

– Hershey Chocolate’s brand manager, while unveiling the name of a new Hershey’s bar, the Whozeewhatsit