"The 20th century was a test bed for……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb."
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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 Atomic Quotes
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Direction coupling between the various radiations generated in a nuclear reaction both with one another and with the initiating radiation…
— Walther Bothe
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The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.
— Omar N. Bradley
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At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're…
— David R. Brower
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There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent…
— Harry Browne
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The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?
— Bennett Cerf
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World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.
— Stephen Ambrose
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If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the…
— J. Robert Oppenheimer
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It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity…
— Winston Churchill
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One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think…
— Bertrand Russell
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The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in…
— Albert Einstein
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This weapon the atomic bomb has added an additional responsibility-or, better, an additional incentive-to find a sound basis for lasting…
— Leslie Groves
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I've been telling you for years that if they don't get their way, if all of this stuff that's happened…
— Unknown Author
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