"War expands government powers. The trouble is that,……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"War expands government powers. The trouble is that, when the war goes away, the government powers do not."
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P.J. O'Rourke
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578 Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
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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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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
— Hans Christian Andersen
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A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.…
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Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of…
— Therese of Lisieux
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The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in…
— Murray Rothbard
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To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in…
— John Donne
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Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.
— Clare Boothe Luce
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We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Life shrinks or expands in proportion to…
— Anais Nin
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Education is a lifelong journey whose destination expands as you travel.
— Jim Stovall
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Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in…
— C. Northcote Parkinson
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The generation of seeds ... is therefore marvelous and analogous to the other productions of living things. For first of…
— Marcello Malpighi
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With the strength of his spiritual sight and insight the distance, and as it were the space, around man continually…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Meditation means the mind is turned back upon itself. The mind stops all the thought-waves and the world stops. Your…
— Swami Vivekananda
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