"A very quiet and tasteful way to be……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too."
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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 Fame Quotes
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
— Pietro Aretino
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
— Lucius Accius
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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see…
— Dan Aykroyd
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
— Francis Bacon
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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you…
— Francis Bacon
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Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some…
— Kevin Bacon
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I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame…
— Lloyd Banks
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I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
— Tyra Banks
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There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone…
— George Matthew Adams
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Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may…
— George Matthew Adams
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I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.
— Brigitte Bardot
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