"A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it."
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578 Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke has 578 quotes on this site.
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Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
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Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your…
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Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
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The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go…
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There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it…
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A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
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Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The…
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Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
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Remember, your body needs 6 to 8 glasses of fluid daily. Straight up or on the rocks.
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Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very…
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You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak -…
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More Firm Quotes
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
— Aeschylus
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I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of…
— Richard Nelson Bolles
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
— David Brinkley
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Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to…
— Eli Broad
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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or…
— Charlotte Bronte
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For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red…
— Dan Brown
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To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the…
— Ralph Bunche
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I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things…
— Michael Caine
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Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal…
— Eileen Caddy
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A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So…
— Jack Abramoff
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When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in…
— George Shearing
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The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization…
— Unknown Author
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