Paula Poundstone

thumb|Paula Poundstone in 2008 Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator. Quotes I was one of the first people to almost actually vomit over hearing the use of the phrase "family values" and I pride myself on never having fallen for the idea that Barbara Bush was sweet and grandmotherly. I met Barbara Bush and, as I expected, she was a tank with eyes, not a nice person at all and why should that blow anybody away? http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/1993/03/poundstone.html Hey Paula! Mother Jones March/April 1993 2008-04-03 I have terrible short-term memory loss, which I like to think of as Presidential eligibility. "Paula Poundstone: Look What the Cat Dragged In", Bravo channel, November 7, 2006. They're not going to teach science at all. What they do is take the science students down to the lake, tie them in burlap sacks and throw them in. If God thinks they're good science students, they float. About science education in the state of Kansas; quoted in Randi James James Randi November 11, 2006 http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-11/111706rampa.html#i7 "A Sure Test" Swift James Randi Educational Foundation 2006-11-18 I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name and apparently that's the key to the whole thing right there. I go in every few weeks and guess. "Women of the Night", HBO, 1988. External links Category:Actresses from Alabama Category:Comedians from the United States Category:Stand-up comedians from the United States Category:Atheists from the United States Category:1959 births Category:Living people