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Self Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
- Where self-interest is suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control that dries up the wellsprings of initiative and creativity.
- Government isn't a good way to solve problems ... [G]overnment is concerned mostly with self-perpetuation and is subject to fantastic ideas about its own capabilities.…
- The three branches of government number considerably more than three and are not, in any sense, 'branches' since that would imply that there is something…
- Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Gluttony, or, as we call them these days, "getting in touch with your sexuality," "raising your self-esteem," "relaxation therapy," and "being…
- Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
- One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle…
- The second item in the liberal creed, after self-righteousness, is unaccountability. Liberals have invented whole college majors--psychology, sociology, women's studies--to prove that nothing is anybody's…
- The principal feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things — war and hunger and date rape — liberals testify to…
- Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own…
- Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.
- Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.
- There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the…
More Self Quotes
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama
- Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges,… — Richard G. Scott
- If there is any aim to achieve by all of us as a human being, it is to be so strong that… — Senoraroy
- The value of the Old Testament may be dependant on what seems its imperfection. It may repel one use in order that… — C.S. Lewis
- Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Forgive yourself and get over 'self hatred.' In life, everybody screws up I mean everybody. Some people blame themselves for stuff, when… — Pacifiersucker