P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world.

P. J. O'Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorldTrafficAlwaysBeingWho

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

John F. Kennedy

FreedomPathWarChooseSurrender

You put on eyeliner, and people start screaming at you. How strange, and how marvellous.

Robert Smith

PeopleStartYouStrangeScreaming

Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.

Jeb Bush

ExperiencePoliticsEconomicsValues

Most Americans have some experience with nursing homes or other long term care settings, and nearly half have had a family member or close friend in a home in the past three years.

Michael C. Burgess

FamilyFriendHomeExperiencePast

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

Soren Kierkegaard

LoseDareOneselfFooting

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.

Sugar Ray Leonard

BestThinkHurtBoxingBecomeOut

Yes, I've got inwardness and tenderness, but I also get angry and vituperative, and you have to honour that as well.

Tony Harrison

AngryYouYesGotWellGet

I was bullied every day at school because I carried a briefcase. I could have left it at home. But I thought it looked great! I didn't understand why anyone else didn't think so.

Tom Ford

HomeGreatDaySchoolThinkThought

As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.

Robin S. Sharma

Comfort ZoneYouComfortNewUnknown

I have covered wars, before the epidemic began and since. They are all ugly and painful and unjust, but for me, nothing has matched the dread I felt while walking through the Castro, the Village, or Dupont Circle at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Michael Specter

UglyMeWalkingCircleVillage

Everything was coming my way, but I was going down. I was painfully empty.

Lorraine Bracco

DownWayEverythingEmptyComing

Every news organization should ideally be as broadly representative as possible.

Judy Woodruff

OrganizationNewsPossibleShould

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