Michael Moore

“I had an unusually large-sized head, though this was not uncommon for a baby in the Midwest. The craniums in our part of the country were designed to leave a little extra room for the brain to grow in case one day we found ourselves exposed to something we didn't understand, like a foreign language, or a salad.”

“If you could read, you knew shit.”

“Въпрос 1. Джордж, можете ли да пишете и четете като възрастен? На мен и на много други хора ни се струва, че сте функцио-нално неграмотен. Няма от какво да се срамувате. Не сте сам (ако не ми вярвате, пребройте печатните грешки в тази книга). Милиони американци не могат да четат и пишат на ниво, по-високо от четвърти клас. Нищо чудно, че един от лозунгите Ви беше „Нека не позволим на нито едно дете да изостава!” – знаели сте от личен опит как се чувстват повтарячите.”

“На света останаха толкова малко сигурни неща - слънцето все още залязва на запад, папата все още отслужва тържествен молебен в нощта срещу Коледа и Стром Търмънд винаги изниква от небитието, за да опипва бившите първи дами. ”

“В страната има 56 000 нови ми¬лионери, които успяха да се измъкнат сухи от водата. Те натру¬паха пари, защото вече разполагаха със солиден начален капи¬тал, който инвестираха в купуването на компании и увеличиха печалбите си, изхвърляйки хората на улицата, експлоатирайки деца, използвайки труда на бедни чужденци и получавайки голе¬ми намаления на данъците. За тях алчността е не само доброде-тел, а лайтмотив. Те толкова сполучливо създадоха климат за отглеждането на тази алчност, че дори думата вече не се употре¬бява в познатия смисъл. Сега алчността е синоним на УСПЕХ! Дори пунктуацията се промени. Скоро никой няма да смята ла¬комията за грешна и отвратителна; тя ще стане още една част от нашето ежедневие. Този процес вече е в сила, тъй като когато он¬зи образ от Тексас си присвои поста, който не беше спечелил, ние го сметнахме за нормално, застанахме зад него и му пода рихме властта. Това не е алчност - казахме си. - Това е умна так¬тика. Както генетично разработените добавки към корнфлейкса не са нещо нередно - това е прогресът. Както съседът, който си купи най-големия спортен автомобил с висока проходимост. Той не е алчен - той просто се кефи от скоростта, бейби!”

“I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.”

“[Librarians] are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them.”

“A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom, morality, and humanity.”

“Capitalism means that a few people will do very well, and the rest will serve the few.”

“How does paying people more money make you more money?It works like this. The more you pay your workers, the more they spend. Remember, they're not just your workers- they're your consumers, too. The more they spend their extra cash on your products, the more your profits go up. Also, when employees have enough money that they don't have to live in constant fear of bankruptcy, they're able to focus more on their work- and be more productive. With fewer personal problems and less stress hanging over them, they'll lose less time at work, meaning more profits for you. Pay them enough to afford a late model car (i.e. one that works), and they'll rarely be late for work. And knowing that they'll be able to provide a better life for their children will not only give them a more positive attitude, it'll give them hope- and an incentive to do well for the company because the better the company does, the better they'll do.Of course, if you're like most corporations these days- announcing mass layoffs right after posting record profits- then you're already hemorrhaging the trust and confidence of your remaining workforce, and your employees are doing their jobs in a state of fear. Productivity will drop. That will hurt sales. You will suffer. Ask the people at Firestone: Ford has alleged that the tire company fired its longtime union employees, then brought in untrained scab workers who ended up making thousands of defective tires- and 203 dead customers later, Firestone is in the toilet.”

“Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the librarians, and I am grateful for them!”

“Nothing seems crueler--or more ironic--than these upper crusters who never pay a dime for their high-priced shrinks or reflexology sessions to call those who just want that tumor removed from their uterus a bunch of commies. Well, the revolution is at hand and let's hope all those uninsured commies give the rich such a headache that a whole bottle of Advil won't be enough to take the pain way. ”

“[Bill] Clinton was a pretty good president for a Republican.”

“We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. ”

“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group.They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. You know, they've had their budgets cut. They're paid nothing. Books are falling apart. The libraries are just like the ass end of everything, right?”