"Politics should be limited in scope to ware,……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class."
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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 Beheading Quotes
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There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.
— Agnes Smedley
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The swordswoman and I are not so dissimilar. May my people understand the resemblance soon so that I can return…
— Maxine Hong Kingston
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Melting icebergs aren't beheading Christians in the Middle East,
— Reince Priebus
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I figured all your classes were stuff like Slaughter 101 and Beheading for Beginners." Jace flipped a page. "Very funny,…
— Cassandra Clare
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All I ask is that my final months be happy ones, and that I be permitted a husband who will…
— Seth Grahame-Smith
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While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and skinning people. They're peculiar…
— Cassandra Clare
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The sons of York will destroy each other, one brother destroying another, uncles devouring nephews, fathers beheading sons. They are…
— Philippa Gregory
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Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like…
— Terry Pratchett
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IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION: WHAT SCENES ONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FILMED Shakespeare in the part of the King's…
— Vladimir Nabokov
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You may be the only guy my age I've ever met who knows what bergamot is, much less that it's…
— Cassandra Clare
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Such a fuss ofer a few mundanes." Mrs Dark chuckled and moved to stand beside her sister, so that Will,…
— Cassandra Clare
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Years of imprisoning and beheading writers never succeeded in shutting them out. However, placing them in the heart of a…
— Arundhati Roy
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