Great Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

14 Great quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

P. J. O'Rourke’s humor slices through pretension, and these 14 quotes bring his sardonic take on greatness straight to the page. It’s a quick, clever stop for anyone who likes a laugh with their motivation.

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Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.

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I am unboreable in the great outdoors.

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I am a great admirer of women.

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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.

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Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.

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The subculture of felons is in great vogue among adolescents. Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and so forth allow us Republicans to say to…

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A deadly sins addendum is long overdue. Life has changed since Pope Gregory the Great scribbled his initial list in the sixth…

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The great apologist has to have lived large and wild. If he's going to kiss the world's boo-boos and make up, he'd…

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Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're…

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The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at…

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The great majority of Baghdad is a slum - a lot of it's new, but it's still slum. It's usually this concrete-block,…

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The baby boomers' politics have covered a wide band of silliness, from the Weather Underground to the Timothy McVeigh types. The great…

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Sheep farming is heavily subsidized in Great Britain. Without the subsidies, the green grazing in the valley of the River Exe would…

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The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are…

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