WEEKEND QUOTABLES
| Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell in 1967. "What's my name...?" |
Government agents had the temerity to ask Muhammad Ali, Jr., where he “got his name from.” In my dreams, he answers that question with a left hook. -- The NationWilliam Owens, father of commando killed in Yemen raid
“I’m sorry; I don’t want to see him... I told them I don’t want to meet the president. I told them I didn’t want to make a scene about it, but my conscience wouldn’t let me talk to him... Why at this time did there have to be this stupid mission when it wasn’t even barely a week into his administration? Why?” -- N.Y. TimesKeith Ellison
“We don’t have the luxury to walk out of this room divided." -- Washington PostBernie Sanders
Sanders, who had supported Ellison, said in a statement that it was “imperative that Tom understands that the same-old, same-old is not working and that we must open the doors of the party to working people and young people in a way that has never been done before.” -- Washington PostJimmy Kimmel
...skewered Donald Trump and the Academy’s record on diversity in his opening monologue for the Oscars, thanking the president and saying: “Remember last year when it seemed like the Oscars was racist?” -- GuardianMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES:
