"The Democrats planned to fiddle while Rome burned.……" — P.J. O'Rourke

"The Democrats planned to fiddle while Rome burned. The Republicans were going to burn Rome, then fiddle."

— P.J. O'Rourke

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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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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.' — Sarah Bernhardt
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. — Alexander Graham Bell
If you love god, burn a church. — Jello Biafra
I appreciate a slow-burn romance. In most movies, everyone is just tearing their clothes off in the first scene. — Emily Blunt
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. — Ray Bradbury
Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn. — Mel Brooks
The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks… — Robert Browning
Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but… — William Jennings Bryan
You don't burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored. — Cliff Burton
I don't think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they… — Jason Aldean

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