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Than Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- 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…
- Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good…
- I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
- Who, other than a crazy person, does anything besides hang up on a robo-call? Any call, any person, anywhere, under any circumstances.
- 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…
- As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when…
- The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore.
- More modern poetry is written than read.
- Israel is slightly smaller than New Jersey. Moses in effect led the tribes of Israel out of the District of Columbia, parted Chesapeake Bay near…
- Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
- Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
- No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
More Than Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle