"East Germany was so total in its totalitarianism……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"East Germany was so total in its totalitarianism that everything was banned which wasn't compulsory."
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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 Banned Quotes
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one of 143 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a…
— Brigitte Bardot
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My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.
— Tori Amos
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[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.
— Auguste Piccard
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I, like almost all chemists I know, was also attracted by the smells and bangs that endowed chemistry with that…
— Unknown Author
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Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the…
— Jung Chang
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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor…
— Alfred Whitney Griswold
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I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at…
— Ernie Els
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Killing for pleasure is wrong and should be banned. Fox hunting, stag hunting and hare coursing are moral issues. It…
— Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison
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The noble Lord, Lord Harrison, said, 'Fox hunting is cruel and I therefore want it banned.' He went on to…
— Unknown Author
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If I could have banned them all...I would have!
— Dianne Feinstein
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What good does it do to ban some guns. All guns should be banned.
— Howard Metzenbaum
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