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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes


An American political satirist, journalist, writer, and author.
Patrick Jake "P. J." O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947) is an American political satirist, journalist, writer, and author. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. In the United Kingdom, he is known as the face of a long-running series of television advertisements for British Airways in the 1990s.

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Never fight an inanimate object.
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2015, 12:59:05 PM »
Never wear anything that panics the cat.
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2015, 01:00:02 PM »
Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2015, 01:00:49 PM »
Everybody knows how to raise children except the people who have them.
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2015, 01:01:22 PM »
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2015, 01:01:53 PM »
Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is in a democracy the whores are us.
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2015, 01:02:25 PM »
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life but only a fool trusts either of them.
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2015, 01:03:09 PM »
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2015, 01:03:35 PM »
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2015, 01:04:04 PM »
Traffic is like a bad dog. It isn't important to look both ways when crossing the street. It's more important to not show fear.
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2015, 01:04:52 PM »
A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relation. Then you can not only be nothing you can do nothing too.
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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2015, 01:05:20 PM »
Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2015, 01:05:44 PM »
There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380 SL convertible.
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2015, 01:06:10 PM »
Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side the catastrophe is still there.
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2015, 01:06:41 PM »
The good news is that according to the Obama administration the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that according to the Obama administration you're rich.
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