kirsty’s most recent Quotables

We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Scotland is a country where existence itself is seen as a form of showing off.

The language of priorities is the religion of Socialism.

Let our labour not be in vain and without result, nor the result unworthy of our labour.

A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One little pea dropped out. He tried to pick it up, and split twenty. He tried to pick up the twenty, and split them all. Then he lost his temper, scattered the peas in all directions and ran away.

The surest way to make a monkey out of a man is to quote him.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

If surveillance, censorship and propaganda are the three pillars of authoritarianism, information, organization and leverage are the counter-pillars of citizen power.

Moi speaks body language fluently, although with a slight French accent.

Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.

Activism is my rent for living on the planet.

I will fight for what I believe in until I drop dead. And that's what keeps you alive.

If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work. 'Hello, can't work today. Still queer.'

Most things get better by themselves; most things, in fact, are better in the morning.

I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.

It takes much bravery to stand up to our enemies but we need as much bravery to stand up to our friends.

When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet.

Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception.