P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.

P. J. O'Rourke

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On 'This Is England,' everyone is mates. The nice thing is that when you watch us, you're watching a gang. They're young, and they're adventurous. There's a real closeness there.

Joe Gilgun

YouYoungNiceWatchingRealGang

There are some basic rules if they want to join the tumbling team. No drinking, no smoking, no swearing, no drugs and, most of all, no belonging to a gang. I read the riot act to them the minute they want to join. I tell them there's only one gang they can belong to if they want to be with me and that's Jesse White's gang.

Jesse White

MeTeamSmokingRulesBelonging

I love the freedom you feel on horseback, and enjoy the discipline of competition.

Jessica Springsteen

LoveFreedomDisciplineCompetition

When I was growing up, I was so fascinated by Mel Blanc and all of the different voices that he did for 'Looney Tunes' and watching Robin Williams record voice-over for the genie in 'Aladdin.' It always seemed to be a major honor - something you have to earn. Like people trust you when they want to have you there without seeing you.

Jenny Slate

TrustPeopleGrowing UpHonorYou

There's a lot of new subject matter to learn. You start slowly peeling the onion and start figuring out how the policy and the politics intersect.

John Delaney

PoliticsStartLearnYouNewMatter

I was always interested in mixing experimentation with pop music, and Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream - we were all doing it at the same time, just very isolated from each other, all in our different cellars, in different worlds, without the Internet - underground in every sense.

Jean-Michel Jarre

MusicTimeInternetDoingDream

Politicization - the shading of analysis to fit prevailing policy or politics - is the harshest criticism one can make of an intelligence organization. It strikes beyond questions of competence to the fundamental ethic of the enterprise, which is, or should be, truth telling.

Michael Hayden

TruthPoliticsIntelligenceCriticism

If there's one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that, right or wrong, they hate the press.

Mo Rocca

HateWrongRightEveryoneAgree

I hate that bookstores are closing. Hate it! What's better than hanging out a bookstore, be it independent or chain, and talking books with people who love books?

Lisa Jackson

LoveHatePeopleBetterTalkingOut

The whole banking sector in Mexico was literally bankrupt. For whatever reason, instead of intervening in the sector or supporting the banks, the government expropriated them. We went through the very laborious period of selling the failing banks to the wealthy people of Mexico.

Jose Angel Gurria

GovernmentPeopleSellingReason

No, as an artist, you have to be free to explore all the corners of your heart. There are no boundaries.

Dierks Bentley

HeartFreeYouArtistExploreYour

The monster was the best friend I ever had.

Boris Karloff

FriendBestBest FriendMonsterEver

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