Ted Rall Quotes

Conservative humor is frankly harder than liberal humor. You get points for just being liberal. You can get more points if you make fun of your own side sometimes.
Ted Rall

Humor, Fun, Sometimes

Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most.
Ted Rall

Money, Dad, Stress

The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.
Ted Rall

Saying, Boss, Step

Anyone should be able to read comics.
Ted Rall

Able, Read, Anyone

Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
Ted Rall

Tried, Liking, Anyway

At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.
Ted Rall

Pretty, American, Point

But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people who are experiencing these things. But it's not like being in the trenches.
Ted Rall

Talking, Observer, Cartooning

Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
Ted Rall

Good, Big, Wrong

Even though I'm a leftist. I think the left eats its own.
Ted Rall

Though, Left, Leftist

I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
Ted Rall

Great, Anyone, Written

I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
Ted Rall

Work, Movie, Unless

I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.
Ted Rall

Actually, Radical, Strip

I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me.
Ted Rall

Good, Enjoy, Jazz

I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great.
Ted Rall

Good, Great, Book

I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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Society, American, Generation

I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful.
Ted Rall

Awful, Default, Cartoonist

I'm a better polemicist in prose.
Ted Rall

If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
Ted Rall

Good, Long, Before

It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare.
Ted Rall

Position, Perfectly, Valid

Most people don't know how to tell stories.
Ted Rall

On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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State, Ground, Pakistan

Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
Ted Rall

Someone, Thinking, Confused

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
Ted Rall

Nothing, Writing, Away

The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but they've taped one of your pieces up.
Ted Rall

Best, Someone, Walk

The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
Ted Rall

Peace, Country, Keep

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Cartoonist

Born: August 26, 1963

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