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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We have nothing to fear but fear itself... and, of course, the boogieman.
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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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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty obvious. But in golf, sometimes it happens on Thursday. Usually it's Sunday, but guys who don't know the game, they can miss it.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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Nobody talks about how Puffy went to Howard University or about Lil Wayne attending the University of Houston. All the young kids know is what they see on the videos. They don't realize that these guys have taken managerial and business courses, and know how to brand and how to market themselves. They're very smart.
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I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable.
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Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.
