"Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but……" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics."
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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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Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our…
— David Attenborough
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All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics…
— Michele Bachmann
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Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the…
— Frederic Bastiat
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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
— Frederic Bastiat
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They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for…
— Frederic Bastiat
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Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.
— Frederic Bastiat
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I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find…
— Glenn Beck
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I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions,…
— Ben Bernanke
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Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its…
— William Beveridge
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
— Ambrose Bierce
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And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course.…
— Lewis Black
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
— Bertolt Brecht
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