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Going Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- Some jobs are worse than actual wives. Ad agency vs. Matrimony, for instance: Even the most capricious and demanding spouse is not going to divorce…
- Nothing bad is going to happen to us. If we get fired, it's not failure; its a midlife vocational reassessment.
- A woman should dress to attract attention. To attract the most attention, a woman should be either nude, or wearing something as expensive as getting…
- 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…
- There's a lot of debate on this subject - about what kind of car handles best. Some say a a front-engined car, some say a…
- There was also a hunger strike in front of the National Press Club, which seemed an odd place to have a hunger strike (a cocktail…
- The Democrats planned to fiddle while Rome burned. The Republicans were going to burn Rome, then fiddle.
- The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look.
- You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
- I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us…
- The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or…
- There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.
- The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there…
- When are the world's political parties going to get appropriate symbols: snake, louse, jackal, ... trash can, clown face, ... dollar bill with bat wings…
- The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like…
- 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…
- I grew up going to public school, and they were huge public schools. I went to a school that had 3,200 kids, and I had…
More Going Quotes
- You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Dreams are what keep us going when real life lets us down. — Nishan Panwar
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in… — Fred Armisen
- I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts… — Kate Beckinsale