Kids Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

21 Kids quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

P. J. O'Rourke mixes satire with sincere reflection when he talks about kids, turning ordinary moments into sharp, funny observations. The collection balances humor with a surprisingly tender look at childhood.

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Kids are disorganized.

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Women are successful in the business world because the business world was created by men. Men are babies. And women areGood With…

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I am no stranger to loud music. I've been to a Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels concert. I once dated a…

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For toddlers I suggest leaving their mittens on year-round, indoors and out. That way they can't get into aspirin bottles, liquor cabinets,…

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I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the…

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

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Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults as rotten SOB's given to fistfights, gunplay,…

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Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is…

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If a journalist shows a facility for praise he's liable to be offered a job in public relations or advertising and the…

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The problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding…

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Supposedly, summer vacation happens because that's when the kids are home from school, although having the kids home from school is no…

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I grew up going to public school, and they were huge public schools. I went to a school that had 3,200 kids,…

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It is important to remember when reading Adam Smith or even when just thinking about Smith that the era that he lived…

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I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now. You've probably never…

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If we're going to improve the environment, the first thing we should do is duck the government. The second thing we should…

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Once we realized that there were these 25 invariable types - the class politician, the frigid popular girl, the kid who tags…

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Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for…

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I have three children and three dogs. You put them in a Prius, you know? People who have a Prius obviously have…

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The day was warm and clear. Kids were playing soccer in the parking lots and women were sunning their babies and having…

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

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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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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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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.

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Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.

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