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Should Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. ... Government contains impure ingredients - as anybody who's looked at Congress can…
- The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to egalitarians, to people obsessed with fairness, to American presidential candidates in the year 2000 - to…
- We're told cars are wasteful. Wasteful of what? Oil did a lot of good sitting in the ground for millions of years. We're told cars…
- Smoking is very bad for you and should only be done because it looks so good. People who don't smoke have a terrible time finding…
- Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults as rotten SOB's given to fistfights, gunplay, and other mayhem.…
- 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…
- Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class.
- 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…
- When a couple decides to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not…
- That doesn't mean that you should just sit back and just let accidents happen to you. No, you have to go out and cause them…
- I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television is its ephemerality.
- Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is.
- The commies are the only people on earth who think Star Wars will work. If they're that gullible, maybe we should have held the summit…
- In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
- Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people…
- 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…
- A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than…
- Maybe a nation that consumes as much booze and dope as we do and has our kind of divorce statistics should pipe down about "character…
- College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
- As a longtime former resident of 15 years in Washington, I wish that everybody would stay off the Mall with their political cause so that…
- 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…
- Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
- Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be…
- The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among people. No one should be too rich.
- Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
More Should Quotes
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour
- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe