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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: November 14, 1947

Topics

Growth Kind Out System Something

I bring my ukulele everywhere I go, play a little music in the park, always have it with me.

Music Me Play Go Always Park

I am just a thorn in everybody's side.

I Am Side Thorn Just Everybody Am

The laws of nature are structured so that we grow and change, and get to experience the full spectrum of biological existence.

Nature Change Experience Grow Laws

The church wasn't an organization in the first century. They weren't writing checks or buying property. The church has matured and developed over the years. But for some reason, the last thing to change is the structure of leadership.

Leadership Change Organization Church

You can, if you wish, think of it like the universe: Each case is a sun, and all the judges, lawyers and administrative personnel represent planets revolving around the case in fixed orbit, never getting closer.

Sun Think Universe Wish You Lawyers

If I go into a relationship with an artist, which at most is going to last five years, we have a 100-page contract covering every eventuality. Whereas with marriage you go into it with no contract, with laws that date back hundreds of years, and I don't think that's right.

Marriage Relationship Think You Back

We must become a people who are in submission, that is, submitted completely to the mission of the Church, 'in statu missionis.' Thus, living fully within the mainstream of grace, under the mantle of God's divine authority, and by uniting ourselves to the obedience of Christ on the cross, we participate in the reversal of Adam's sin.

Michael O'Brien

God People Grace Church Mission Sin

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

Michael Johnson

Me Small Think Down Go Want

I definitely feel like you have an influence. I'm 21 years old, and I'm thinking about the kids that are from my neighborhood, from my community, that are looking up to me and seeing me handle myself a certain way, so I do feel a responsibility in that sense to handle myself a certain way in front of those guys.

Community Myself Responsibility Me

If there's someone getting picked on, be nice to them and be helpful to them.

Someone Be Nice Nice Helpful Them

Private-sector firms are increasingly active in the prison industry and they and the militantly unionized correctional officers, almost all unskilled labor, constantly lead public demands for more criminal statutes and more draconian penalties.

Prison Labor More Active Lead

If you can't afford organic food and are unable to grow your own, it's crucial to wash all inorganic produce very carefully to minimize the toxins you consume. Soak everything for 20 minutes in water with vinegar and salt or water with fresh lemon juice and salt.

Water Food Grow You Salt Juice

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