"Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum."
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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 Annoyance Quotes
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one of 76 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
— Isaac Asimov
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Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for…
— Bruno Bettelheim
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A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He…
— Thomas Adams
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One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into…
— Michael Josephson
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O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into…
— Robin Winks
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If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material…
— George Washington
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Annoyance and pathos warred in my breast, and after a short struggle, annoyance punched pathos in the snout like the…
— Kate Elliott
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The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.
— Michel de Montaigne
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I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my…
— Michael Bloomberg
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The Devil, having nothing else to do Went off to tempt my Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private…
— Hilaire Belloc
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So long as you do not know who you really are, this will be difficult. You may have to give up…
— Werner Erhard
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Ministry of Disturbance, a regulated source of annoyance; a destroyer of routine; an underminer of complacency.
— C. D. Darlington
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