P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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I went to India and met some people who had been involved in this guerrilla business, middle-class people who were rather vain and foolish. There was no revolutionary grandeur to it. Nothing.
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Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.
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The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.
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I'm just in love with Burberry. Always have been, always will be.
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Nothing endures but personal qualities.
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There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's sacred.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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Hungary will stop at nothing when it comes to protecting its citizens.
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I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
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Mercury is a potent toxin that interferes with the human nervous system. Reducing this hazard will be a major public health breakthrough.
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I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
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I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.
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There's nothing more American than movies.
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Anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way.
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An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
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The daily quota I've set for myself is 500 words or approximately a page and a half double-spaced. Which isn't much, except that I'm extremely slow, extremely meticulous. 'Le mot juste' haunts me. On a good day, I will finally secrete the 500th word at about 5 o'clock, and I'll reward myself by going to Housing Works Bookstore to read.
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Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world.
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When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.
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Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.
