"Fishing is a sport invented by insects and…" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Fishing is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait."
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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 Bait Quotes
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In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering…
— Les Brown
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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in…
— Robert Burton
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
— Sun Tzu
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In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable…
— Sun Tzu
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All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to…
— Sun Tzu
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Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star.
— Unknown Author
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Nile perch are enormous but lethargic fish, easy to catch once they have taken your bait. Some are bright golden…
— Kuki Gallmann
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For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
— John Milton
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Stand in despair anywhere old-growth forest has been clear-felled. All life has been replaced by blackened, poisoned desolation. Animals and…
— Peter Cundall
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The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to…
— Alexander Hamilton
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An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head…
— Alexander Hamilton
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