P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.P. J. O'Rourke
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
Patricia Schroeder -
I am a very reclusive, private person.
Camille Paglia -
When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
Sam Trammell -
I'm not the type of person that is forced.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
Natalia Makarova
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I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?
Gary Bauer -
Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
Rafael dos Anjos -
Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
Carl Hagelin -
I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson -
I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
Adam Carolla -
The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
Rahm Emanuel
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
Aaron Johnson -
When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
Imre Kertesz -
Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
Talulah Riley -
I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrepreneurship cool-aid, I bleed this stuff.
Nancy Lublin -
Bullies always have another target.
Karen Handel -
Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.
R. L. Stine
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In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.
Andy Rooney -
Since I was 4, Julia Roberts has inspired me. I thought if I liked her enough, I'd become as pretty as her. That didn't happen, but I was obsessed and watched her movies over and over.
Martha MacIsaac -
The French are sawed-off sissies who eat snails and slugs and cheese that smells like people's feet. Utter cowards who force their own children to drink wine, they gibber like baboons even when you try to speak to them in their own wimpy language.
P. J. O'Rourke -
There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
Gary Ackerman -
Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.
Marge Piercy -
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
P. J. O'Rourke