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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at the bidding of a few malefactors of great wealth.

P. J. O'Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Great Slavery American Wealth Out

To me, money is independence. It gives you freedom to do what you really want to do. It allows you to not be dependent on anyone or anything, and so you can be yourself and follow your passion.

Joe Mansueto

Passion Freedom Money Yourself Me

With kangaroos, you say 'Sit!' and they start boxing with you. They're nuts!

Jerry O'Connell

Start You Boxing Say Nuts Sit

If you're beautiful within, a person can fall in love with your spirit.

Angie Stone

Love Beautiful You Fall Person Your

Michael Sam will help us, and we'll give him every chance to succeed, and you know what? It's gonna be pretty cool.

Jeff Fisher

Cool Succeed Chance Help You Know

I'm confident I can take the gold in Beijing.

Amir Khan

Gold Confident I Can Take Beijing

My memories are of denim. I remember being 12 in my Levi's. Wow! As a teenager in Milan, I was really fascinated by Fiorucci, but at the time I was not rich enough to buy. Oh my God! I made a collection of Fiorucci shopping bags, and my mother, she still has them and my stickers, and now I invite Elio Fiorucci to our shows.

Stefano Gabbana

Mother God Memories Time Shopping

Hustle is simple - it's doing the work. A lot of people like to talk about it, a lot of people have ideas, but it's difficult to actually do the work.

Troy Carter

Work Simple People Ideas Hustle

When I first met Clint Eastwood, I bobbed him a curtsy. I still cringe about that to this day.

Trudie Styler

Day First Him Still Cringe Met

Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.

Robert Fulghum

Sea Loneliness Solitude Boat Same

I regret that I had to leave my country. But I had to do it in order to achieve and decide my own fate. I was forced into it. Democracy came about 15 years too late for me. But I have to say that it's there now, and Czech Republic is a fantastic country; it always was but just had the wrong regime at the top.

Martina Navratilova

Me Democracy Regret Fate Late Wrong

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

Don Marquis

Yourself You Admission Been Reduced

I always had a soccer ball with me. I could never stop. As young as I can remember, my dad was always throwing a soccer ball at me.

Christian Pulisic

Me Remember Soccer I Can Stop Young