P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

It had never occurred to us that the Kremlin's new anti-booze campaign would apply to journalists. Now, that's a human-rights violation.

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• I got to work with legendary director Garry Marshall.

  

  Taylor Lautner
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• I don't trust a lot of journalists.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Trust
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• I'm not on a slander campaign to ruin Jon Jones publicly. That's not what I set out to do.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Ruin
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• I realise that in an electoral campaign, you don't want to antagonise large groups which are highly motivated.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Want
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• Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your life and write about that.

  

  Jackie Collins
  • Life
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• I got with PETA for a fur campaign, specifically for fur.

  

  Waka Flocka Flame
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• A couple of taxi drivers have asked me if we can survive financially as an independent nation. I say, how come we are more stupid than Denmark or Finland or Sweden? They've all got the same amount of people. Are we all going to down tools? Is everybody in Scotland going to stop working?

  

  Eddi Reader
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• It starts with campaign finance reform.

  

  Zack Space
  • Reform
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• When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Campaign
  • Trials
  • Yes

• I would never, ever trade any campaign donation - that's absurd - for some type of favor to anyone.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • Never
  • Campaign
  • Donation

• I'd love to do a big hair campaign for L'Oreal, and Prada would be great, too, obviously.

  

  Ymre Stiekema
  • Great
  • Campaign
  • Obviously

• Breakfast had been prepared by the kitchen maid, an indifferent performer who had used the scorched earth policy on the bacon again.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Earth
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• If you're looking at substance rather than whether it's an R or D after his name, manifestly, if he's our candidate , then Hillary's gonna be our girl, Sean, because she's more conservative than he is. I think she would be stronger on the war on terrorism. I absolutely believe that. … I will campaign for her if it's McCain.

  

  Ann Coulter
  • Believe
  • War
  • Conservative

• Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.

  

  Betty White
  • Funny
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• I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart in both senses: elegant and clever.

  

  Andrea Bocelli
  • Real
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• The curse of being a songwriter is that's you're always at work. I could look out the window right now and see something that would make me want to write.

  

  Chris Stapleton
  • Work

• If you use your old business models to restrict people, they're going to find ways to get that content the way they want it.

  

  Dave Goldberg
  • People
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• A lot of nerds aren't aware they're nerds. A geek has thrown his hands up to the universe and gone, 'I speak Klingon - who am I fooling? You win! I'm just gonna openly like what I like.' Geeks tend to be a little happier with themselves.

  

  Patton Oswalt
  • Up
  • Universe

• The violation of some laws is a normal part of the behavior of every citizen.

  

  Stuart Chase
  • Law
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  • Citizens

• The roar of the crowd when you come out for a final is like nothing else: when 15,000 people are cheering you, a lot of adrenaline goes right through you.

  

  Adam Peaty
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  • You
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• If you love someone who is ruining his or her life because of faulty thinking, and you don't do anything about it because you are afraid of what others might think, it would seem that rather than being loving, you are in fact being heartless.

  

  William Wilberforce
  • Facts
  • Might
  • Seems

• Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Engineering
  • Software
  • Mature

• A blind bloke walks into a shop with a guide dog. He picks the Dog up and starts swinging it around his head. Alarmed, a shop assistant calls out: 'Can I help, sir?' 'No thanks,' says the blind bloke. 'Just looking.'

  

  Tommy Cooper
  • Funny
  • Dog
  • Helping

• It had never occurred to us that the Kremlin's new anti-booze campaign would apply to journalists. Now, that's a human-rights violation.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Campaign
  • Journalists
  • Violation