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Let's look at this rationally...We've got a doctor who may kill him, an Attorney General who wants to declare him bananas, and a Defense Secretary who wants me to start World War III...First, we ruled...

Christopher Buckley

Let's look at this rationally...We've got a doctor who may kill him, an Attorney General who wants to declare him bananas, and a Defense Secretary who wants me to start World War III...First, we ruled...

Justices look solemn in their formal black robes, but every so often they like to have a little fun by taking on a strange case, or overturning a presidential election, that sort of thing.

Christopher Buckley

Justices look solemn in their formal black robes, but every so often they like to have a little fun by taking on a strange case, or overturning a presidential election, that sort of thing.

About Author
Christopher or Chris Buckley may refer to:

Christopher Buckley (novelist) (born 1952), American political satirist
Christopher Buckley (poet) (born 1948), American poet
Christopher Buckley (journalist) (1905–1950), British journalist and historian
Chris Buckley (footballer) (1886–1973), English football player
Christopher Augustine Buckley (1845–1922), American political boss

It was—unthinkable: three of the most powerful men in Europe—the world—the Pope, the Emperor Maximilian, and Albrecht—all wanted Luther tied to a stake and burned. Yet each time they reached out to li...

Christopher Buckley

It was—unthinkable: three of the most powerful men in Europe—the world—the Pope, the Emperor Maximilian, and Albrecht—all wanted Luther tied to a stake and burned. Yet each time they reached out to li...

You never remember who came to the funeral, but you never forget who didn’t.

Christopher Buckley

You never remember who came to the funeral, but you never forget who didn’t.

You can't tell what's aboard a container ship. We carried every kind of cargo, all of it on view: a police car, penicillin, Johnnie Walker Red, toilets, handguns, lumber, Ping-Pong balls, and IBM data...

Christopher Buckley

You can't tell what's aboard a container ship. We carried every kind of cargo, all of it on view: a police car, penicillin, Johnnie Walker Red, toilets, handguns, lumber, Ping-Pong balls, and IBM data...

Tags: police, red, data

Give me smart, young, and angry and I’ll move the world.

Christopher Buckley

Give me smart, young, and angry and I’ll move the world.

Block of Death. Just inside the door on the left is the room where they held the proceedings. Jarek remarks that the SS officer who sentenced five thousand Poles here to die was still alive last year,...

Christopher Buckley

Block of Death. Just inside the door on the left is the room where they held the proceedings. Jarek remarks that the SS officer who sentenced five thousand Poles here to die was still alive last year,...

Why should you give up God because of gunpowder? Since the world began, God in his wisdom has given us tools with which to slaughter each other. Jawbones of asses. Slings. Swords. Crossbows. Why shoul...

Christopher Buckley

Why should you give up God because of gunpowder? Since the world began, God in his wisdom has given us tools with which to slaughter each other. Jawbones of asses. Slings. Swords. Crossbows. Why shoul...

In our corrupt times, the virtue of a Pontiff is commended when he does not surpass the wickedness of other men. —Francesco Guicciardini, History of Italy, 1561

Christopher Buckley

In our corrupt times, the virtue of a Pontiff is commended when he does not surpass the wickedness of other men. —Francesco Guicciardini, History of Italy, 1561

I looked at Mum and realized -- -- that she was telling an untruth. A untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant how thrilling and grown-up it must be to say something so untrue, as opposed t...

Christopher Buckley

I looked at Mum and realized -- -- that she was telling an untruth. A untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant how thrilling and grown-up it must be to say something so untrue, as opposed t...

Tags: lies, mendacity

How many times had those awful words - I know what I'm doing - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster?

Christopher Buckley

How many times had those awful words - I know what I'm doing - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster?

You do this pronoun shift. You may not even be aware of it. If it’s a ‘bold idea,’ it’s ‘ours.’ If it’s a ‘nutty idea,’ it’s ‘yours.’ Grammar Nazi. Would it be enough to say I want to be president to ...

Christopher Buckley

You do this pronoun shift. You may not even be aware of it. If it’s a ‘bold idea,’ it’s ‘ours.’ If it’s a ‘nutty idea,’ it’s ‘yours.’ Grammar Nazi. Would it be enough to say I want to be president to ...

But why would I give my watch, my precious watch and fob, to a—Russian who-re? Two Russian who-res. Perhaps to avoid being beaten to death by two very large Russian pimps.

Christopher Buckley

But why would I give my watch, my precious watch and fob, to a—Russian who-re? Two Russian who-res. Perhaps to avoid being beaten to death by two very large Russian pimps.

Yourself. Maybe we should analyze it. Maybe a little discovery is in order. Maybe a little getting under the covers is in order. Baby? Yes? Are you going to take off your overcoat? Feels like making i...

Christopher Buckley

Yourself. Maybe we should analyze it. Maybe a little discovery is in order. Maybe a little getting under the covers is in order. Baby? Yes? Are you going to take off your overcoat? Feels like making i...

Perhaps, after all, the most beautiful words in the language are I’m sorry.

Christopher Buckley

Perhaps, after all, the most beautiful words in the language are I’m sorry.

My dad's one true quest in life was for the Platonic ideal of peanut butter. And I remember one day he announced, with a look of utter transfiguration on his face, that he had found paradise on Earth...

Christopher Buckley

My dad's one true quest in life was for the Platonic ideal of peanut butter. And I remember one day he announced, with a look of utter transfiguration on his face, that he had found paradise on Earth...

Tags: life, day, red

So we’ve gone from ‘Don’t trust anyone over thirty’ to ‘Don’t drink any Scotch under thirty’? Is this what’s become of your revolution?

Christopher Buckley

So we’ve gone from ‘Don’t trust anyone over thirty’ to ‘Don’t drink any Scotch under thirty’? Is this what’s become of your revolution?

I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines.

Christopher Buckley

I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines.

Tags: love, know, think

The corporal also reads glossy magazines, Cass said. When not composing Shakespearean-quality media advisories pertaining to our mission here. Sir.

Christopher Buckley

The corporal also reads glossy magazines, Cass said. When not composing Shakespearean-quality media advisories pertaining to our mission here. Sir.

I hope when I'm on my deathbed, people forgive me, because there is a lot to forgive.

Christopher Buckley

I hope when I'm on my deathbed, people forgive me, because there is a lot to forgive.

Tags: me, forgive, people