"The District of Columbia is an extreme example……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"The District of Columbia is an extreme example of disconnect between financial input and educational outcome. Unfortunately, extreme is not the same as abnormal."
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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 Abnormal Quotes
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The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and…
— Annie Besant
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I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those…
— Tim Burton
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Our society is so abnormal that the normal man never dreams of having the normal occupation of looking after his…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If…
— Robert de Castella
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Man is not only part of a field, but a part and member of his group. When people are together,…
— Max Wertheimer
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It's an abnormal world I live in. I don't belong anywhere. It's like I'm floating down the middle. I'm never…
— Arthur Ashe
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Not everything that steps out of line, and thus "abnormal", must necessarily be "inferior".
— Hans Asperger
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Perhaps most excitingly, we are uncovering the brain basis of our behaviors - normal, abnormal and in-between. We are mapping…
— Robert M. Sapolsky
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Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.
— Henry Adams
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People are so intimidated by the gay movement that nobody will say why...they won't say why they don't want gay…
— Scott Lively
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Every single word you have spoken is sharp, sarcastic and twisted. When I thought you were abnormal you suddenly turned…
— Jae Hee
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Government should allow persons to engage in whatever conduct they want to, no matter how deviant or abnormal it may…
— Unknown Author
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