Blackouts – Quotes

I’m from Downer’s Grove,

I’m from Downer’s Grove, Illinois. We had a blackout there the other day, but fortunately the police made him get back into his car before he got too far. Emo Philips

I was convinced before

I was convinced before the game that we had a very good chance but today was what you would call in Germany a blackout. Felix Magath

I had blackouts, fallen out, of course, the death threats, people showing up, putting guns to my wife’s head with mask, and people having shot guns in the driveway, looking for me or announcing that I’ve already died before lectures and sending it through newspaper – sending it to newspaper columns they send my mother … Read more

A so-called ‘blackout’ is

A so-called ‘blackout’ is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals. Christopher Dodd

The L. A. Times

The L. A. Times is reporting that Britney Spears’ album Blackout will be number one on the Billboard charts. Not to toot my horn, but I predicted this on my show a week ago. No one wanted to believe me – even I didn’t want to believe me, but now I know how Nostradamus feels. … Read more

Britney Spears’ album Blackout

Britney Spears’ album Blackout is one of the hottest-selling CDs in the country. We’re in a bad place, people: The world is melting, we’re at war, and Two and a Half Men is a huge hit. Chelsea Handler

Nothing good ever happens

Nothing good ever happens in a blackout. I’ve never woken up and been like, ‘What is this Pilates mat doing out?’ Amy Schumer

The world comes to

The world comes to us in fragments and shards. Whatever stories we shape from our days, we’re always dealing with gaps, blank-spots, and blackouts – and in handling all these breakages, we are, at all times, so incredibly intimate with sharp edges, the unending knife-like moments of failure and joy in our lives. Alex Lemon

We often take for

We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts. Richard Burr

Sure, I’ve gotten old.

Sure, I’ve gotten old. I’ve had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees… I’ve fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I’m half blind, can’t hear anything quieter than a jet engine, and take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. I have bouts with dementia, poor circulation, hardly feel my … Read more