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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Fear Time Anger Waves Evening Jokes

I wanted the attention I missed at home, so I became the leader of a gang. That way, I got attention and was recognized as being important. It wasn't a bad gang - you know, in poor districts in New York, there's a gang to every block. We never robbed at the point of a gun; we'd steal potatoes from a grocery store, or crackers.

Leader Home New York Gun Attention

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

Mind Things Begins Paradoxical

I didn't have any aspirations of becoming famous or successful; in fact I was scared to death of all that. I remember somebody once said that if a rock musician goes on tour, he goes insane. I was very impressionable and I carried this useless weight of fear around with me about going on tour, all because of this thing somebody said.

Fear Death Me Famous Remember Rock

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.

God Devil You Drunk Know Just

The very first individual that breaks out in my mind as a top villain is Gorgeous George, and it's hard to beat the first guy.

Mind Villain First Top Hard Out

There is actually no such thing as an Artist type. 'Artist' is just an economic designation, a box you tick on a form. We are all people, and we are all creative.

Creative People You Artist Box Just

Volkswagen must continue to attack and make good use of its opportunities.

Martin Winterkorn

Good Opportunities Attack Must Make

I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.

Mike Krzyzewski

Positive Me Growing Up Bad Growing

I'm actually writing history. It isn't what you'd call big history. I don't write about presidents and generals... I write about the man who was ranching, the man who was mining, the man who was opening up the country.

History Man Writing You Country Big

Justice deferred is justice denied.

Justice Denied Deferred

You are enough to start a movement. Individual people can come together around things that they know are unjust. And they can spark change.

Change Together People Start Spark

Sports passion is deeply, infamously territorial: our city-state is better than your city-state because our city-state's team beat your city-state's team. My attachment to the Sonics is approximately the reverse of this.

Passion Sports Team Better Beat Our

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