Money Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.

— P. J. O'Rourke

There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.

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Mike Kelly [from The Atlantic] called me up and said he could pay me less money.

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

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President Obama has contempt for real money.

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The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television, and Bullshit

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You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

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“Wealth makes materialism easier to bear.”

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Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're…

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Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was breaking…

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When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money.

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Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money.

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Rich people don't like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don't go in…

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Writing this book required an enormous amount of help from friends. To them goes the credit. I'll take the money.

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Your money does not cause my poverty. Refusal to believe this is at the bottom of most bad economic thinking.

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How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the…

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Our earliest evidence of government, in the ruins of Babylon and Egypt, shows nothing but ziggurats and pyramids of wasted taxpayer money,…

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Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate…

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The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according…

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A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that…

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The problem isn't a Congress that won't cut spending or a president who won't raise taxes. The problem is an American public…

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Ann Coulter to me is someone who says things that I say all the time, but I say them at three in…

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If we want the whole world to be rich, we need to start loving wealth. In the difference between poverty and plenty,…

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The poor of the world cannot be made rich by the redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've…

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Money is preferable to politics. It is the difference between being free to be anybody you want and to vote for anybody…

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…the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I like the fact that they still run substantive pieces. I'm not sure I like the pieces, but it's nice that they…

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Then there was communism's weak-tea sister, socialism. Socialists maintained that we shouldn't take all the money away from all the people since…

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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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Wealth is, for most people, the only honest and likely path to liberty. With money comes power over the world. Men are…

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A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts…

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

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Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April…

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There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as…

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Rich white Protestant men have held on to some measure of power in America almost solely by getting women, blacks, and other…

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You'll note that politicians no longer spend money, they invest it. Don't worry about paying more to the [IRS]. You aren't being…

— P. J. O'Rourke