P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.

P. J. O'Rourke

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• If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Time
  • Good
  • True

• A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Music
  • Art
  • Poetry

• I've called myself the Pied Piper, I've called myself the Weatherman, I've called myself Kellz, I've called myself a lot of things, changing the name, switching it up, just flipping, remixing. But never to harm anybody. Never to make a deep statement for people to dig into and figure it out.

  

  R. Kelly
  • People
  • Up
  • Myself

• The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • Dad
  • Amazing
  • Universe

• Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Life
  • Real
  • Think

• I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Up
  • Men
  • Women

• I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Hope
  • Romantic
  • Last

• My hair is naturally blond and thin, so I like to give it some texture. Sexy, dirty bedhead is good for blonds.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Good
  • Hair
  • Sexy

• When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists... I always have this thought: If we'd made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn't be wanted now.

  

  Eddie Cantor
  • Thought
  • See
  • Now

• The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Business
  • Government
  • Leaving

• I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Love
  • Woman
  • For Her

• I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Work
  • Myself
  • Like

• I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • World
  • Feel
  • Without

• I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • People
  • Music
  • Find

• We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.

  

  Ina May Gaskin
  • Teach
  • Lot
  • Other

• The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • You
  • Worry
  • Less

• The more aspects of life that can be moved from private reign to public realm, the better it is for politics.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Life
  • Politics
  • Better

• Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.

  

  Victoria Woodhull
  • Why
  • Woman
  • Succeed

• I have a clear conscience.

  

  Wilhelm Canaris
  • Conscience
  • Clear
  • Have

• Over your breasts of motionless current, over your legs of firmness and water, over the permanence and the pride of your naked hair I want to be, my love, now that the tears are thrown into the raucous baskets where they accumulate, I want to be, my love, alone with a syllable of mangled silver, alone with a tip of your breast of snow.

  

  Pablo Neruda
  • Alone
  • Water
  • Hair

• My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me.

  

  John Barrymore
  • Theater
  • Complaining
  • Watches

• A fantasy can be equivalent to a paradise and if the fantasy passes, better yet, because eternal paradise would be very boring.

  

  Juan Ramon Jimenez
  • Fantasy
  • Paradise
  • Boring

• Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Islamic
  • Nations
  • Philippines