"Gossip is what you say about the objects……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present."
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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 Flattery Quotes
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
— Pietro Aretino
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as…
— John Adams
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
— Josh Billings
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
— Josh Billings
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
— Joyce Brothers
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We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
— Edmund Burke
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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body.…
— Winston Churchill
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Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
— Antisthenes
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