P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
In general, life is better than it has ever been, and if you think that, in the past, there was some golden age of pleasure and plenty to which you would, if you were able, transport yourself, let me say one single word : Dentistry.
Quotes to Explore
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.
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Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.
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I don't eat any red meat.
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I didn't know 'Homeland' was going to be 'Homeland.' I just did it because it was a terrific script, and they pitched me the story line, and I was like, 'Huh, that's interesting.'
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Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child.
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My mother was the love of my life.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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The expectation of gradual policy normalization should reduce the likelihood of outsized movements in interest rates.
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In general, life is better than it has ever been, and if you think that, in the past, there was some golden age of pleasure and plenty to which you would, if you were able, transport yourself, let me say one single word : Dentistry.
