P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Although computer-generated artificial intelligence eludes us, artificial stupidity has been perfected.

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There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.
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The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America.
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I can barely turn on my computer!
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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.
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Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
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The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.
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Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.
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There was reference made to our leaders being stupid. It's not a question of stupidity. It's that they don't want to enforce the immigration laws. That there are far too many in the Washington cartel that support amnesty.
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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
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I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.
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Stupidity talks, vanity acts.
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For kids growing up now, there's no difference watching 'Avatar' on an iPad or watching YouTube on TV or watching 'Game of Thrones' on their computer. It's all content. It's just story.
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The big deal is not that a computer technician made a mistake, ... The big deal is how the White House reacted to it.
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Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?
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I am not at all computer literate in real life. I haven't yet found a reason to be. Once I find a reason why I need to be on the Internet, then I will be.
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Even today no computer can understand language as well as a three-year-old or see as well as a mouse.
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The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home computer - I had to get a new job so I could buy a computer. It could all change though. In five years, I could be back at some daily newspaper, which wouldn't be so bad.
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Computers and rocket ships are examples of invention, not of understanding. ... All that is needed to build machines is the knowledge that when one thing happens, another thing happens as a result. It's an accumulation of simple patterns. A dog can learn patterns. There is no "why&rdqo"; in those examples. We don't understand why electricity travels. We don't know why light travels at a constant speed forever. All we can do is observe and record patterns.
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Whatever the country, capitalist or socialist, man was everywhere crushed by technology, made a stranger to his own work, imprisoned, forced into stupidity.
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I believe I am God's favorite comedian. I think he is a really big comedy writer. He writes scripts. And I just follow along.
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All I want to do is do my shows and play golf.
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Although computer-generated artificial intelligence eludes us, artificial stupidity has been perfected.