P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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A lot of comedians do bits where they say, 'I was listening to this song, and this person said this, and you know how they say that?' And I thought it would work better if I actually had a DJ put that song lyric right there. It makes it more dynamic, and it's more energetic.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know how to do them properly.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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I think I'm a very intuitive actress.
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I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I write about things that I am living or experiencing.
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If you think back to the first sporting event you went to, you don't remember the score, you don't remember a home run, you don't remember a dunk. You remember who you were with. Were you with your mom, your dad, your brother, on a date?
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The Maker is the one who is part of what he makes.
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I earned the name from the Greek god Zelos who is the god of rivalry.
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Just be nice to people and be someone people want to work with because if people don't like working with you it's just not going to work out.
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People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.
