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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Washington Watching Off Like Cliffs

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

Duty Others Charge Oneself Root

When people say that moviegoing is dead, I go, 'OK, so the makers of 'Get Out' should've sold that movie to a platform? Then they don't have this insane, crazy success theatrically all over the world.'

Steven Soderbergh

Success People Crazy World Go Say

By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves.

Best Walk Road Free Back Original

TV started for me just as a means of keeping my husband Desi off the road. He'd been on tour with his band since he got out of the Army, and we were in our 11th year of marriage and wanted to have children.

Marriage Children Me Road Husband

When I finally get the chance to say what I want, to talk about where we're going from here on out, when my voice, my words, become the measuring stick for WWE, I think that's the moment that's going to reinvent our entire business.

Business Moment Words Chance Think

I was 26 years old when I found out that I had a sister who I never knew existed.

Dominique Moceanu

Sister Never Old Years Out Knew

So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.

Relationship Time Ending Intention

If you're open for praise, you have to be open to criticism.

Criticism You Praise Open

There's a certain truism that you can't be self-conscious in comedy.

Comedy You Self-Conscious Certain

Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.

Children Hate Blindness Mistrust

We're not thinking about the past, we're full steam ahead on the future.

Shervin Pishevar

Future Past Thinking Ahead Steam

I grew up in Dallas, and my dad works for IBM, so I grew up in the environment of Silicon Prairie.

Scott Michael Foster

Environment Up Dallas Prairie IBM

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