Mike Royko Quotes (9 quotations)
1. Anyone who is different today faces harassment, whether it is in the way he dresses, or in the position he takes on important issues. And when the price of being different is a cold fear, with good reason, then freedom as we peddle it in our international publicity releases is gone. If and when it disappears, it won't be stolen by big government, the tax collector, or the Supreme Court. Fascism will be the people's choice. It usually is. We've managed to avoid it so far only because nobody nutty enough to give the people what they want has come along. Yet. - Mike Royko
2. Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. - Mike Royko
3. Hey, Dennis, this is Mike! Kick me, please! I'll settle for the price of a set of golf clubs. - Mike Royko
4. I have nothing against little dogs that look like dust mops. I'm sure they make wonderful pets and companions. Even fierce watchdogs, should your home be invaded by midget burglars... If I owned one of the tiny fuzzy dogs, I would spray it with Endust and use it to clean under the beds... I'd tie it to a long stick and use it to wash the windows. - Mike Royko
5. I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose. - Mike Royko
6. It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an information highway,'' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies. - Mike Royko
7. The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employedso many ex-cons and future cons. - Mike Royko
8. When I asked him how long he had been driving a taxi, he said, Dree mouse. - Mike Royko
9. Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember toremove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking. - Mike Royko
2. Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. - Mike Royko
3. Hey, Dennis, this is Mike! Kick me, please! I'll settle for the price of a set of golf clubs. - Mike Royko
4. I have nothing against little dogs that look like dust mops. I'm sure they make wonderful pets and companions. Even fierce watchdogs, should your home be invaded by midget burglars... If I owned one of the tiny fuzzy dogs, I would spray it with Endust and use it to clean under the beds... I'd tie it to a long stick and use it to wash the windows. - Mike Royko
5. I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose. - Mike Royko
6. It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an information highway,'' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies. - Mike Royko
7. The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employedso many ex-cons and future cons. - Mike Royko
8. When I asked him how long he had been driving a taxi, he said, Dree mouse. - Mike Royko
9. Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember toremove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking. - Mike Royko
