P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

'Malthus,', says Vice President Al Gore in Earth in the Balance, 'was right in predicting that the population would grow geometrically.' Al, as the father of four children, should know.

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  H. G. Wells
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• There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.

  

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• I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.

  

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• I was a cleaner while at university. The job wasn't bad, but I was amazed by how badly cleaners are treated - how disrespected they are by the people they work for.

  

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• I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.

  

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• I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.

  

  Xun Kuang
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• I love Tom Kenny. And Jill Talley. And Jennifer Aniston, too!

  

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• While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an office, a store or a factory.

  

  Mara Liasson
  • Work
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• There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Life
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• The interest on our debt is going to collapse this country.

  

  Ted Yoho
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• In my personal life, I really like the look of vests. I wear fitted, business ones, and perfectly preppy sweater vests that I can knit myself.

  

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  • Life
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• I obtained eight years of elementary education in a two-room school, where I encountered a stern but engaging teacher who awakened my intellect with instruction that would seem rigorous today in many colleges. History figured large in the curriculum, exciting for me what was to become an enduring interest.

  

  J. Michael Bishop
  • School
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• Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.

  

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• I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I need to do to stay here. I really don't understand women who are in denial, who don't want to go for a mammogram. I think it's stupidity. Sorry. I have no patience for that.

  

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• Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.

  

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• Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

  

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• When the Spirit is present, people are not offended when you share your feelings about the gospel.

  

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• My father once said, 'If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don't have to follow. You don't have to make a big deal about which way you're going. Just go. It's very easy.

  

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  • World
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• Grandparents can have a profound influence on their grandchildren. Their time is generally not as encumbered and busy as the parents', so books can be opened and read, stories can be told... Children then obtain a perspective of life which not only is rewarding but can bring them security, peace, and strength.

  

  Ezra Taft Benson
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• The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.

  

  Jean Racine
  • Eyes

• 'Malthus,', says Vice President Al Gore in Earth in the Balance, 'was right in predicting that the population would grow geometrically.' Al, as the father of four children, should know.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Children
  • Father
  • Earth