P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

A penny will not buy a penny postcard or a penny whistle or a single piece of penny candy. It will not even, if you're managing the U.S. Mint, buy a penny.

P. J. O'Rourke

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PennyYouWillCandySingleBuy

If you spend your time away from work looking at emails and making sure your inbox went down to zero, that's not an effective way to spend your time as a CEO or an entrepreneur. Often times, those emails aren't that important.

Jennifer Hyman

WorkTimeLookingYouDownWay

It's nice to have a lot of people in the field. Independent, third party, Libertarian, Reform and other party candidates can do what they want to do. I welcome them to the race.

John Murray

WelcomePeoplePartyNiceWantRace

It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.

John Shelby Spong

NatureReligionAgainstDifferent

I'm definitely a ham for the paparazzi.

Steve-O

PaparazziHamDefinitely

I am not very relaxed about bad reviews. But I am resilient. I grieve, curse and swear, put on loud music, and get on with the next job.

Simon Schama

MusicJobI AmBadNextCurse

Writing fiction is very different to writing non-fiction. I love writing novels, but on history books, like my biographies of Stalin or Catherine the Great or Jerusalem, I spend endless hours doing vast amounts of research. But it ends up being based on the same principle as all writing about people: and that is curiosity!

Simon Sebag Montefiore

LoveHistoryGreatPeopleResearch

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.

Rudy Giuliani

FreedomGreatYouAuthorityHuman

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.

Michel de Montaigne

MePlayMoreSheCatHer

When I did it, I was a starving musician in London in a basement flat, but a simple tune with the right singer or the right situation can become very well liked and accepted. I'm only too pleased to say it happened with that one.

Mick Ralphs

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I think every chef should have a food truck. It's a good way to test the markets, to invest in meeting the future restaurant goers.

Jose Andres

GoodFutureFoodChefTruckThink

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness.

Dennis Prager

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I am too ambitious to become a house husband.

Arjun Kapoor

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