"People love to be told what they know…" — P.J. O'Rourke

"People love to be told what they know already."

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578 Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke

P.J. O'Rourke has 578 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your…
Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
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…
There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it…
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The…
Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
Remember, your body needs 6 to 8 glasses of fluid daily. Straight up or on the rocks.
Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very…
You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak -…

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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. — Claude Bernard
A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good… — Augustine Birrell
It's definitely a dream come true to be recognized and to be able to sign autographs. But, it's also a… — Christina Aguilera
I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don't know already. All I can do is remind… — Eckhart Tolle
Astronomy is a cold, desert science, with all its pompous figures,-depends a little too much on the glass-grinder, too little… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I just want to portray a very honest character that displays traits that people can truly relate to and can… — Kristin Kreuk
I know already that I can survive it. That's the sorrow of it all. That whatever comes I'll survive it.… — Scott Hutchins
I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who… — Brendan Gleeson
It feels intensely twisted to see reigning industry queen Jenna Jameson chilling out at the Vivid booth in Jordaches and… — David Foster Wallace
God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already — Oswald Chambers
Introducing a spelling test to a student by saying, 'Let's see how many words you know,' is different from saying,… — Peter Johnston
I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided. — Gyorgy Ligeti

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