Just Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

17 Just quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

P. J. O'Rourke’s 17 “Just” lines deliver his trademark humor and sharp observation in a bite‑size format. It’s a quick read for anyone who enjoys a clever twist on the ordinary.

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The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad.

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The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.

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If you think health care is expensive now, just wait 'til it's free.

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Just because a subject is serious doesn't mean it doesn't have plenty of absurdities.

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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.

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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.

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All religious believers should be licensed to make sure that they are competent to hold opinions and viewpoints and that they don't…

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Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the…

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If you talk to most businessmen, they'll say that what they do is for the public good, but you know they're just…

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When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me - when I was an 8-year-old. They're…

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Banning paper and plastic and making shoppers carry their groceries home in their mouths like dogs is just the thing to make…

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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he…

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There's a love of rhetorical skill in the Muslim world. Osama bin Laden doesn't just go on tape cassettes and say, 'America…

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Bill Clinton is not a hypocrite. If a man believes that it is just and moral to redistribute wealth, there is nothing…

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They are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love…

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Jimmy Carter was - he still - he remains to this day America's most ex of ex-presidents. You just can't believe that…

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I'm fascinated by political enthusiasm.

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The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and…

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At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying…

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So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else…

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My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny.

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It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government,…

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Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones.

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Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such…

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Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and…

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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've…

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I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes.

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