P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
In a society where commonweal does not exist, there are no duties, only exactations to be avoided, and no freedoms, only privileges to be grabbed. There can be no such thing as 'public services' because nothing in the country is truly public. Everything is somebody's fief. And every fief must be exploited if the exploiter cares to survive.
P. J. O'Rourke
Quotes to Explore
Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it discovers as many mysteries and as much depth and power as in the infinitely great.
Edgar Quinet
I don't know what would have happened to Wal-Mart if we had laid low and never stirred up the competition. My guess is that we would have remained a strictly regional operator.
Sam Walton
People that don't know me get 'Mossed'. It means, I was gonna go home, but then I just got led astray. In the best possible way, of course. I mean, it's always fun, and a good time.
Kate Moss
The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
Nancy Pelosi
Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
Manuel Puig
I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
Tara Strong
I love stand-up, but the process of writing is a little more lonely. I want to keep doing both, though.
Jack Whitehall
I had a desire to do TV and wanted to get in, in the right way, knowing that I was going to learn a lot, along the way.
M. Night Shyamalan
A change in bad habits leads to a change in life.
Jenny Craig
Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk.
Philip Hammond
Ut cuique homini res parata est, firmi amici sunt : si res labat, itidem amici collabascunt. Res amicos invenit.
Plautus
In a society where commonweal does not exist, there are no duties, only exactations to be avoided, and no freedoms, only privileges to be grabbed. There can be no such thing as 'public services' because nothing in the country is truly public. Everything is somebody's fief. And every fief must be exploited if the exploiter cares to survive.
P. J. O'Rourke