"I am a journalist and, under the modern……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"I am a journalist and, under the modern journalist's code of Olympian objectivity (and total purity of motive), I am absolved of responsibility. We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scurry."
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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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If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from…
— Charlotte Bronte
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In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same…
— James Buchan
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When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due…
— Winston Churchill
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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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All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved…
— Rufus Wainwright
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No one to blame! That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated. How wonderful to…
— Erica Jong
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The word 'confession,' to me, means needing to be absolved. I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm not asking people to…
— Tori Amos
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It’s daunting to find the language so foreign, so distant, but also so thrilling. One is absolved of responsibility when…
— Frances Mayes
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You may never reach a solution, but you're never absolved from the responsibility of trying.
— Millicent Fenwick
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In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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There is strife between God s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
— Tertullian
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Sir, I have quarrelled with my wife; and a man who has quarrelled with his wife is absolved from all…
— Thomas Love Peacock
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