"You know, if government were a product, selling……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have."
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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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According to some Eastern religion, there is a belt that goes across the world, and I've heard that Minnesota is…
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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
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Man, wear your seat belts. That's all I can tell everybody. You never know.
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I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you…
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Flipping the dial through available radio stations there will blare out to any listener an array of broadcasts, 24/7, propagating…
— Tony Campolo
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If you're wearing a Bluetooth thing and you've got that thing on your belt, you are working for somebody else.…
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When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to…
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Superman don't need no seat belt.
— Muhammad Ali
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Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some…
— Chris Christie
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I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make…
— Nick Clegg
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(About importance of focusing on one sport at a time) I've never tried to do that, we have more of…
— Trey Hardee
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When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park we saw a few daffodils close to the waterside. But as…
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