"When I became a man, I put away……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"When I became a man, I put away childish things and got more elaborate and expensive childish things from France and Japan."
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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 Away Childish Quotes
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Once I turned pro, so to speak, I put away childish things forever.
— Glenn Gould
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I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you…
— Rita Dove
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Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a…
— C.S. Lewis
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When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found…
— C.S. Lewis
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When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now I have put away childish things. ... I…
— Philip K. Dick
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Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age. The child is grown, and puts…
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be…
— C.S. Lewis
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Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The child is grown, and puts…
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child;…
— Superman
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