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Because Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
- I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words,
- Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
- Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're free.
- We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
- Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are…
- The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the…
- No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all…
- Most people sort of enjoy going to work because of the socialisation, a chance to flirt with co-workers and so on, but actually hate the…
- Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot…
- No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
- We did not become libertarians because we are altruists.
- Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of to Democrats.
- The Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious…
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- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams