"A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking." — P.J. O'Rourke
"A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking."
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P.J. O'Rourke
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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 Humorist Quotes
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one of 42 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
— Ambrose Bierce
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HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced…
— Hugh B. Brown
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Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.
— William Zinsser
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In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness…
— Vincent Canby
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I did not intend to write a funny book, at first. I did not know I was a humorist. I…
— Jerome K. Jerome
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How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary?
— Norman Rockwell
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A heartwarming tale of Christmas past that's chock full of all the wit and hilarity we admire in America's favorite…
— Unknown Author
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If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no…
— George Burns
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The American humorist sat on his couch suffering thoughts of her, trying to figure out how to win back her…
— Richard Brautigan
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Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a…
— Garrison Keillor
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Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we…
— Thomas Carlyle
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