“Maybe he’ll be different from who he was and always is.”
— Stephen Colbert
“NOTE: If Donald Trump continues to be stupid enough to respond to everyone who states the obvious fact that he is ignorant, he will starve to death because he won’t have time to eat.”
— Gizmo
“Donald Trump has been called, by psychologists and clinical psychologists, over and over again, a narcissist with multiple sociopathic and psychopathic tendencies.”
— Gizmo
“The Women’s March had restored my faith as I am sure it has introduced the young generation to the new wave of feminism. A feminist movement that was made up of both sexes and all ages and creeds, one that did away with the arguments and stood arm in arm for a greater cause, a cause which the Arab media did not wish to project.”
— Aysha Taryam
“Maybe history wouldn’t have to repeat itself if we listened once in awhile.”
— Wynne McLaughlin
“A little stupid is like a little forest fire. If you happen upon some stupid, please stomp it out before it spreads.”
— Quentin R. Bufogle
“…the Conservative party found him an embarrassment because he was apt to criticize the party leader in public, the Liberals naturally wanted to defeat him, and the newspapers were out to get him. It was a dreadful campaign on his part, for he lost his head, bullied his electors when he should have wooed them, and got into a wrangle with a large newspaper, which he threatened to sue for libel. He was defeated on election day so decisively that it was obviously a personal rather than a political rejection.”
— Robertson Davies
“You can’t spend months insulting almost every group imaginable and then expect everyone to suddenly sing kumbaya together.”
— Kevin James Shay
“Sociopaths are attracted to politics because the see it as a sphere in which you can be ruthless and step all over people. That fact that some politicians can tell such awful lies is another example of sociopathy. Sociopaths lie—they see nothing wrong with it.”
— Alexander McCall Smith
“It is going to be too easy for things to start feeling normal—especially if you are someone who is not directly impacted by his actions. So keep reminding yourself:This is not normal.Write it on a Post-It note and stick it on your refrigerator, hire a skywriter once a month, tattoo it on your ass.Because a Klan-backed misogynist internet troll is going to be delivering the next State of the Union address.And that is not normal.It is fucked up.”
— John Oliver
“Those who incite violence have no business lecturing others about unity.”
— DaShanne Stokes
“A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence.”
— DaShanne Stokes
“But, in the Trump aftermath, I’ve measured the costsAnd benefits of loving those who don’t loveStrangers. After all, I’m often the odd one—The strangest stranger—in any field or room.”He was weird” will be carved into my tomb.”
— Sherman Alexie
“Like Hitler, the President used the word lies to mean statements of fact not to his liking and presented journalism as a campaign against himself.”
— Timothy Snyder
“Yet behind all of the populist hot air, and the big shot persona, is a man who is very cunning. As a real estate mogul worth billions, a man like Donald Trump knows how to relate to an audience better than a politician. He has to as each transaction he is working on can increase his personal wealth. Moreover, he doesn’t have the time to make the connections while trying to close a deal that an average politician does. He has to, as a salesman, become expert at being a “five minute friend”. Every move has to count in building a credible connection that will get him to, and beyond, the closing table.”
— Robert Montgomerie