The Quotable Shelby Grantham

On Geography: "We don't think of Egypt as Africa."

On Literacy: "I can't read male authors anymore."

On Flushing Toilets: "Building codes are designed to support the unsustainable American lifestyle."

On Roughing It: "I have to ride a bus down to Washington D.C. to demonstrate against the occupation of Iraq. That's just not comfortable."

On Tax Cuts: "Animals don't know the rules of economics."

On Racism: "Only white people can be racist."

On Waldo: "Where were all of the pictures of his [William Penn's] slaves?"

On Houseguests: "I had a problem with a big black man sleeping in my bed."

On Housekeeping: "Grantham, you never change the sheets when white people sleep in your bed."

On Racism: "White culture is racism. It's based on hate."

On Society: "We're uncomfortable talking about money in this culture."

On the Rustic Life: "I have $15 in the bank."

On Walker's The Color Purple: "I think from this we have to respect the legitimacy of same-sex relationships."

On the Plight of the Lobster "I've got to do something about it, I'm not sleeping at night."

On Story-Telling: "Feel free to tell me, 'Grantham, you don't know what you're talking about.'"

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