"As a nation, Kuwait has been, arguably, free……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"As a nation, Kuwait has been, arguably, free of freedom itself. Claimed in turn by Constantinople, Riyadh, and Baghdad, Kuwait has survived by playing Turks off Persians, Arabs off one another, and the English off everyone."
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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 Arabs Quotes
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
— Bashar al-Assad
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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
— Bashar al-Assad
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As Prime Minister of Israel, I will introduce a bill into the Knesset that will simply pay the Arabs not…
— Roseanne Barr
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But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab…
— Theodore Bikel
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The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder…
— Conrad Black
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Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they…
— James Buchan
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In the Spanish people there is a mixture of Gothic, Frankish and Moorish blood. One can speak of the Spaniard…
— Adolf Hitler
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The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I…
— George S. Patton
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These Arabs, the man Mahomet, and that one century, - is it not as if a spark had fallen, one…
— Thomas Carlyle
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I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know…
— June Jordan
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I've made it clear, Madam President, that the war against terrorism is not a war against Muslims, nor is it…
— George W. Bush
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As long as the arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people,…
— T.E. Lawrence
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