P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
Quotes to Explore
-
I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
-
I think I've gotten more confident because the more you do it and the more shows you play, you just feel more confident. You feel more confident about everything.
-
I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
-
You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.
-
I remember when I was little, much younger than I was when I started modeling, people always said, 'Oh, you should be a model.' But I didn't like people telling me what to do... But I didn't plan to transform into an actress, either. It just happened.
-
If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
-
Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
-
My parents had a house on the Jersey shore - I grew up right there, going down there every summer and living there. It is home for me.
-
I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
-
As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
-
One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
-
From a Hindu perspective, you are born as what you need to deal with, and if you just try and push it away, whatever it is, it's got you.
-
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
-
Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
-
As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.
-
I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
-
The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
-
You do have to overcome the child's thinking that this new woman, who is not their mother, is going to be in their lives.
-
The interesting thing is that you don't often meet a poet who doesn't have a sense of humour, and some of them do keep it out of their poems because they're afraid of being seen as light versifiers.
-
You should always look like a star. Otherwise people will lose a little of the esteem they have for you.
-
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
-
In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.
-
I have a record as governor. I have a record of cutting spending. And I talked yesterday not only about we ought to cut spending, I talked about how we've cut spending in Mississippi and how if you did the same things in the federal government, you would save tens of billions of dollars a year.
-
Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
