“Life Quotes” Part 45

Lovin’ it. Lovin’ every minute of it. Lovin’ it.

“Hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.” [This is the official charge against the Russian punk band Pussy Riot.]

“Delaying action . . . would create an unacceptably high risk that the action would fail and that American casualties would result.” [This specifically coded language comes from a classified (well, used to be) memo rationalizing the use of drone strikes on terrorists. Go USA?]

“My back feels better, my bottom feels better …” [Quote from commercial about trucker butt-pillow.]

“What I saw today in the hospital, the wounded and the martyrs, the boy … whose blood is still on my hands and clothes, is something that we cannot keep silent about.” [Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil said this after holding a 4-year-old boy who had died, allegedly, as the result of an Israeli attack. Officials have yet to confirm this.]

“It’s really nice to have that kind of camaraderie, to know that there’s that kind of commonality with values. It’s very comforting to know when you’re that far away from your home like we are, that you can always call on a fellow member to sit down and talk to them or ask them for a priesthood blessing.” [Arizona's Matt Salmon is one of 17 Mormons in the U.S. House and Senate, the most in more than a decade. I don't know -- the idea of a couple of government officials 'blessing' each other in the back room ... seems like trouble.]

“I am very sorry that we didn’t win. I know that you expected to win. We expected to win. … It was very close, but close doesn’t count in this business.” [Mitt Romney said this of his seven-year campaign to become president, and I could agree more, save one problem: Politics isn't BUSINESS. That's why no Romney will ever, praise Allah, be president.]

“But importantly, he always sounds decidedly like himself.” [Pitchfork review.]