P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.

P. J. O'Rourke

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MuchHumoristReally

I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me, this was going to be a guitar vehicle, because that's what I wanted it to be. There is no way I would play guitar like a tour de force like I did in Led Zeppelin.

Jimmy Page

LifeMeGuitarMy LifePlayWay

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Robert Quillen

KnowledgeIgnoranceAngerArgument

Living in a city is stressful absent terrorism.

John Ross Bowie

CityTerrorismLivingAbsent

The minimum wage is something that F.D.R. put in place a long time ago during the Great Depression. I don't think it worked then. It didn't solve any problems then and it hasn't solved any problems in 50 years.

John Raese

GreatTimeDepressionProblemsThink

I'm a job creator.

Steve Wynn

JobCreatorJob Creator

I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic.

Robert Blake

HumanHuman BeingBeingMachine

Marriage and family are ordained of God. The family is the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Under God's great plan of happiness, families can be sealed in temples and be prepared to return to dwell in His holy presence forever. That is eternal life!

Russell M. Nelson

LifeFamilyMarriageHappinessGod

Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally. But try to be creatively lead rather than market lead. And that's important to me.

Rowan Atkinson

MoneyQualityMeYouImportantTry

I read almost no romantic fiction, in part because I barely believe in romance in the age of Tinder.

Michelle Dean

AgeRomanticBelieveRomanceFiction

Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your relationship with yourself.

Joyce Meyer

BusinessGodRelationshipYourself

Express yourself. Tell us who you are. If you would never wear pearls in real life, don't wear them when you get married.

Chiara Ferragni

LifeYourselfYouNeverRealTell

I think fine dining is dying out everywhere... but I think there will be - and there has to always be - room for at least a small number of really fine, old-school fine-dining restaurants.

Anthony Bourdain

SmallThinkWillDiningDyingOut

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