Andrews McMeel Publishing - Screw Calm and Get Angry

INTRODUCTION

Disgruntled grumpiness, whispered complaint, and incensed anger are now in order. This is ridiculous, Id like to speak to the manager, and Were all going to hell in a handcart are the traditional battle cries. And in our current state of economic misery and political distrust, surely there is a limit to just how much keeping calm and carrying on a gentleman or lady might be expected to undertake. You may very well find that getting your dander up might be the only way to get things changed around here. To help you achieve a new state of mild motivation Screw Calm and Get Angry brings together several centuries of embattled and embittered epithets. Weve combed the world to reveal cynicism and resignation from Napoleon and Voltaire to Abraham Lincoln and Charles M.

Schulz to Benjamin Disraeli and George Bernard Shaw. It would seem that across the world and across the centuries, there is plenty of evidence to suggest youre not alone in bemoaning the way the odds are stacked. Fear not the cynic and the curmudgeon, for he or she is by definition not a true misanthrope but usually a romantic in a bunker. Here is someone who is simply protecting his or her true ideals from the harsh realities encountered on a daily basis. The cynic is in fact the one who cares the most. So the purpose of this collection of resigned advice is not to make you even more bitter but maybe to offer a temporary salve in these unyielding hard times, a few well-turned grumbles and whines to help release a little pent-up steam.

Perhaps these comforting negative thoughts might steer you to a more nourishing, positive future. For surely, if we manage to dodge the oncoming train, there is a sunlit end to the tunnel somewhere ahead?

POLITICS

I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT IT BEARS A VERY CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO THE FIRST.Ronald ReaganPOLITICS IS THE ART OF LOOKING FOR TROUBLE, FINDING IT, MISDIAGNOSING IT, AND THEN MISAPPLYING THE WRONG REMEDIES.Groucho MarxPOLITICS IS PERHAPS THE ONLY PROFESSION FOR WHICH NO PREPARATION IS THOUGHT NECESSARY.Robert Louis StevensonWHENEVER A MAN HAS CAST A LONGING EYE ON OFFICES, A ROTTENNESS BEGINS IN HIS CONDUCT.Thomas JeffersonI HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT POLITICS ARE TOO SERIOUS A MATTER TO BE LEFT TO THE POLITICIANS.Charles de Gaulle

POLITICIANS