Matt Hermann

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
― William Butler Yeats

“There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar. ”
― Molly Ivins

“She had learned over time that to know anything was bearable. It was secrecy that could not be borne.”
― J. Courtney Sullivan, Saints for All Occasions

“Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.”
― Steven Wright