Andrew Sullivan Quotes (20 Quotes)

Commodity stocks are driven by manufacturing growth, which represents demand. Those stocks are reacting to commodities markets around the world.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

I won't be running my posts past any editor before they appear. I will continue to write simply what I believe or think, however misguided I may be. I will continue to correct any errors in the full light of day and change my mind if new events demand it

And as far as the imminent apocalypse is concerned, they're on the same page as the Mullahs in Tehran . Just in case you were sleeping soundly at night.

Homosexuality is like the weather. It just is.

Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.

Just as Muslim newspapers the world over continue to print disgusting cartoons about Jews and then riot when very mild cartoons about Islam are printed, Hayes has a clear double standard. Here's hoping. Down with the Super Adventure Club.

Is the President concerned about how he looks politically coming out of this Heck yes ... The president has some serious exposure here. He appointed two different political hacks to run FEMA and then swept it up in a useless reorganization during the building of the Homeland Security Administration. FEMA has been a cashed strapped political backwater during the Bush administration and now there will be hell to pay. If I were Michael D. Brown, director of FEMA I would be brushing up my resume.

The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans.

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.

And the ACLU has shown it is willing to even go one step further and fight to support a public school's right to indoctrinate. Conservative parents have no choice but to make sure their kids have a chance to hear about traditional values, because it surely will not happen in school.

In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.

I must say that the Katrina response does help me better understand the situation in Iraq, ... The best bet is that the president doesn't actually know what's happening there, is cocooned from reality, has no one in his high-level staff able to tell him what's actually happening, and has created a culture of denial and loyalty that makes fixing mistakes or holding people accountable all but impossible.

The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.

My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.

That, plus such scandals as the abuses in U.S. military prisons in Iraq, damages the core ... It will take time to restore that kind of reputation and, yes, honor.

If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.