Fugelsang Quotes

#1. The spirits of those who die before their appointed time always carried such anguish with them, that it passed on to the people in their path.

Easterine Kire

#2. I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care - not in a lasting way - about what's happening to them.

V.E Schwab

#3. Gay Marriage isn't Special Rights, it's Equal Rights. 'Special Rights' are for political churches that don't pay taxes.

John Fugelsang

#4. For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour.

Margaret Chan

#5. Obama is not a brown-skinned anti-war socialist who gives away free healthcare. You're thinking of Jesus.

John Fugelsang

#6. The greatest threat to America is not foreign terrorists, its domestic morons.

John Fugelsang

#7. Can we please rename The Sandy Relief Bill to the Supplemental Iraq War Funding Bill so the GOP Congress can vote for it?

John Fugelsang

#8. In the folklore of the British Isles, a bodach is a vile beast that slithers down chimneys at night and carries off children who misbehave. Rather like Inland Revenue agents.

Dean Koontz

#9. I've come to view Jesus much the way I view Elvis. I love the guy but the fan clubs really freak me out,

John Fugelsang

#10. Impeach President Reagan retroactively for agreeing with Obama on the assault weapons ban.

John Fugelsang

#11. Loving the Second Amendment while opposing the NRA is every bit as natural as loving Jesus while opposing Westboro Baptist Church.

John Fugelsang

#12. Anti-Tax fetishist Grover Norquist owns a bust of Ronald Reagan, who raised taxes 11 times.

John Fugelsang

#13. Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself 'Pro-Life.'

John Fugelsang

#14. If you were a freak as a kid, you're an interesting adult.

John Fugelsang

#15. Stand-up led to me doing solo shows, which led to me being offered my first broadcasting job, being a VJ.

John Fugelsang

#16. Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

William Congreve

#17. Blaming Obama for Iraq violence is like blaming Daniel Craig because Octopussy sucked.

John Fugelsang

#18. Of course he bothers me. He's my husband.

Gish Jen

#19. I wasn't any good at sports, but I could name all the presidents by the time I was six. I've always been very interested in politics and in religion.

John Fugelsang

#20. I feel that Jane's is really a vibe and a time. It wasn't like we were the Beatles. We didn't have crafty pop songs where it sort of didn't matter who played them because they're just really great songs.

Eric Avery

#21. In DC Comics, Blue Devil is a superhero who came out of a movie.

Marc Guggenheim

#22. We live in a country where voting rights get gutted but Sharknado gets a sequel.

John Fugelsang

#23. The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.

Theodor Reik

#24. The problem is that people love music and they love television, but people don't love music on TV.

John Fugelsang

#25. I was the biggest George Harrison fanatic in the world. He was raised Catholic; my parents are both ex-clergy, so I was raised Catholic, and I admired how he used his faith.

John Fugelsang

#26. I enjoy growth; I enjoy having a lot of different experiences. And I don't think I am the kind of guy who'd like to do the same thing every day for 40 years.

John Fugelsang

#27. You cannot replace life.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#28. People get God and religion confused. I think God is a bit too hip to join any of his unauthorized fan clubs.

John Fugelsang

#29. Oh my God, Kennedy Airport - what a mess - all over you with those dopey security questions. 'Did you receive any gifts from any unknown persons?' Buddy, the last thing I got from an unknown person was in the 80's.

Carol Leifer

#30. My father wanted me to play pro football, and he didn't like the fact that I'd left school. And he said, It takes a man to play football. And any fool can go up on the stage and make an ass of himself.

Bill Cosby

#31. America doesn't have an abortion problem - it has an unwanted pregnancy problem, and an abortion symptom.

John Fugelsang

#32. Don't talk about it. Be about it.

Adriana Locke

#33. Jesus never called the poor 'lazy,' fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes or asked a leper for a copay.

John Fugelsang

#34. Being gay is natural. Hating gay is a lifestyle choice.

John Fugelsang

#35. John Waters is one of the sweetest, dearest, most adorable men I've ever worked with.

Polly Bergen

#36. My mother was an ex-nun, and my father was a Franciscan brother, so I grew up believing in Jesus the way anyone would believe in Mom's first husband.

John Fugelsang

#37. You complain and demand zero compromise - so the GOP obstructs Obama so the economy doesn't improve - then you complain and demand even more zero compromise. Then you get to blame Obama for the slow recovery, which is sorta like John Wilkes Booth blaming Lincoln for missing the end of a play.

John Fugelsang