P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Finally, one night we were smoking pot [with Michael O'Donoghue] and talking about the people that are invariably in high school, whether you go to prep school or public school or ghetto school or rich suburban school. And actually, it spun off from a Kurt Vonnegut quote.P. J. O'Rourke
Quotes to Explore
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
Carlisle Floyd -
I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business, and I still have stuff to do at their house.
Kaley Cuoco -
Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
Nancy Gibbs -
If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a lot, at least in a basic way, about how the real world works.
Tad Williams -
I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
Quentin Blake -
Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
Francesca Annis
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In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.
Carlo Rubbia -
For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
Zoe Sugg -
I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
Carice van Houten -
A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
Olga Kurylenko -
My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.
Nancy Lublin -
Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
Dan Pink
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I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.
Taylor Swift -
The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
Lao Tzu -
I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.
Oliver Reed -
Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.
Patricia Ireland -
Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.
Jack Reed -
My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
Ram Charan
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I'm a writer; I'm a producer. I've certainly spread myself over a lot of different careers.
Dan Bucatinsky -
Besties Adwoa Aboah and Cara Delevingne have lot in common. They are both beautiful It Brits with impressive modeling chops - and matching half-heart tattoos that symbolize their unbreakable bond.
Elaine Welteroth -
Kev has these old Boston drills, where you all have to talk to each other, and interact, and it's helped us.
Kevin Garnett -
I've written some happy songs but I can't ever play them in public because everybody will just start throwing up.
Priscilla Ahn -
Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?
George Eliot -
Finally, one night we were smoking pot [with Michael O'Donoghue] and talking about the people that are invariably in high school, whether you go to prep school or public school or ghetto school or rich suburban school. And actually, it spun off from a Kurt Vonnegut quote.
P. J. O'Rourke