The Politics of Grandeur

"Thomas the Tank Engine is a disgrace to the glory of the rails. Led by the communist Ringo Starr, sexless parasitic monsters gather like maggots on a moldy scone tossed away by a proud industrialist."
- Ayn Rand to Tony Judt

"Fuck! We all have scurvy! This Tang is worthless!"
- Richard Branson's last voyage

"I'll get you the money... just a little more steam!"
- Uncle Sam at Macao

"I'm sorry, can you repeat that? I don't speak nigger." - Paul Ryan

"The People have failed Austerity!" - David Cameron

"Fuck this." - Portugal

"Aretha Franklin!" - the last words of Hosni Mubarak before collapsing from nervous exhaustion and anorexia