What I Saw at the Revolution : A Political Life in the Reagan Era (1990), p. 179
Contesto: Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. John Kennedy had wit, and so did Lincoln, who also had abundant humor; Reagan was mostly humor.
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“We are embarrassing the angels.”
"Embarrassing the Angels" in The Wall Street Journal (2 March 2006) http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110008034 <br class="br">Contesto: Imagine for a moment that angels exist, that they are pure spirits of virtue and light, that they care about us and for us and are among us, unseen, in the airport security line, in the room where we watch TV, at the symposium of great minds. "Raise your hands if you think masturbation should be illegal!" "I'm Bob Dole for Viagra." "Put your feet in the foot marks, lady." We are embarrassing the angels. … Lent began yesterday, and I mean to give up a great deal, as you would too if you were me. One of the things I mean to give up is the habit of thinking it and not saying it. A lady has some rights, and this happens to be one I can assert. "You are embarrassing the angels." This is what I intend to say for the next 40 days whenever I see someone who is hurting the culture, hurting human dignity, denying the stature of a human being.
“Boundaries aren't all bad. That's why there are walls around mental institutions.”
Origine: Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now
" Monday Morning http://blogs.wsj.com/peggynoonan/2012/11/05/monday-morning/" (), Peggy Noonan's Blog, Wall Street Journal
On Sarah Palin as a candidate for US Vice-President, in comments caught on tape http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CrG8w4bb3kg after an interview on MSNBC (3 September 2008)]
When the fire comes they talk. Bush ain't that guy. Republicans love the guy who ain't that guy. Americans love the guy who ain't that guy. <br class="br"> "Broken Glass Democrats" in The Wall Street Journal (19 February 2004) http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110004712
"So Much to Savor" in The Wall Street Journal (4 November 2004) http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110005844
"The Good Guys Finally Won" http://www.peggynoonan.com/article.php?article=37 (21 December 1998), concerning accusations against Bill Clinton
"Open Mic Night at MSNBC" The Wall Street Journal (3 September 2008) http://online.wsj.com/article/declarations.html
“Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.”
Peggy Noonan, in What I Saw at the Revolution : A Political Life in the Reagan Era (1990), p. 321
Concerning release of information about accusations against George W. Bush, in "Winners & Sinners" in Columbia Journalism Review (19 April 2009) http://www.cjr.org/full_court_press/winners_sinners_12.php?page=all&print=true
“Resentment isn't a magnetic personal style.”
"Confessions of A White House Speechwriter" in The New York Times (15 October 1989) http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/15/magazine/confessions-of-a-white-house-speechwriter.html
"Death, Taxes and Mrs. Clinton" in The Wall Street Journal (30 November 2007) http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110010924
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