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Your Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your…
- The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the…
- If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words,…
- 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.
- Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him…
- 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…
- Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
- After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd…
- Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.
- Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes…
- The problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding or lack of…
- Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter…
More Your Quotes
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- 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
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in… — Aristophanes
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually… — Adam Arkin
- To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
- 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
- You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky. — Paul Auster
- Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it. — Richard Bach
- It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make… — Richard Bach