P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
I like to take things that are boring-but-important and try to make them interesting. That was definitely what I was after with Eat The Rich.P. J. O'Rourke
Quotes to Explore
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
Dan Rather -
My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
Sam Donaldson -
And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
Pat Robertson -
An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
Nathan Myhrvold -
I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
Karen Salmansohn -
First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.
La'Porsha Renae
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I think that Indy is special to me. The greater the distance between the last time I drove an Indy car and the next time, I wouldn't like that to be too big.
Danica Patrick -
I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
Rachel Cusk -
The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
L. Lionel Kendrick -
On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
Viktor Orban -
I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
Yitzhak Shamir -
Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
Baruch Spinoza
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
Ferdinand Lassalle -
The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
Ralph Ellison -
Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.
Madchen Amick -
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Viktor E. Frankl -
I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
Sally Hawkins -
I was introduced to cinema by C-grade films that played in my village, Budhana, in UP. Only films by Dada Kondke, Mahendra Sandhu, and Kanti Shah were available.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.
Garry Wills -
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
W. Somerset Maugham -
When we talk about the healthcare crisis in America we've got to also be talking about the dental crisis and how to address it.
Bernie Sanders -
Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you're prepared to lose.
Pauline Phillips -
You rewind. You think of your preparation. You think of everything you did throughout the week, your life, the practices, the intensity. Everything flashes, and you come right back to that point. And it's like, game on.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson -
I like to take things that are boring-but-important and try to make them interesting. That was definitely what I was after with Eat The Rich.
P. J. O'Rourke