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First Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- I believe that Western civilization, after some disgusting glitches, has become almost civilized. I believe it is our first duty to protect that civilization. I…
- If we're going to improve the environment, the first thing we should do is duck the government. The second thing we should do is quit…
- 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 available.…
- Imagine having journalists in your own home and not even covering the furniture with plastic sheets first.
- A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it.
- There are artists with palettes and easels selling the kind of modern art that Soviet art critics used to critique with bulldozers. Judging by the…
- When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
- Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the…
- My generation of Americans was the first to really care about racism and sexism, not to mention the I Ching, plus, of course, the Earth.
- We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first…
- Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong