P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.

P. J. O'Rourke

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MomEvilYoungMoreAnythingSense

For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

Jill McCorkle

ShortI CanKnowNowWriteFiction

The Great Khali always serves up a good beatdown if you can't get out from under that heavy hand.

Jeff Hardy

GoodGreatYouHandAlwaysOut

It is ironic that so many politicians claim to defend traditional Christian values of 'faith and family.' In fact, a radical antifamily ideology permeates Christ's teaching, and the early Christian tradition often set faith and family against each other.

Stephanie Coontz

FamilyFaithChristianValuesEarly

I would never refuse a film or do a film for a certain amount of money.

Sidharth Malhotra

MoneyNeverFilmWouldRefuse

When you actually see Barack Obama, it's startling how slight he is and how young he looks.

Simon Hoggart

YouLooksYoungSeeBarack ObamaHe

On 'EastEnders,' if someone gets surprising news on the phone, the scene ends with them looking at their handset in amazement. No one in real life does that.

Robert Webb

LifeLookingSomeonePhoneNews

You don't need to know what an antioxidant is to eat well.

Michael Pollan

YouKnowNeedEatWell

Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own ideological and external wars. But they did so with the sunny dispositions and positive outlooks of those who knew they were on the right side of history.

Monica Crowley

PositiveHistoryHappyPoliticalOwn

We'd just signed with Arista, the record company. Arista was freaking about the phenomenon of tapers showing up at our shows. They were insisting that we put an end to this. And we just didn't want to do that.

Bob Weir

EndShowing UpWantCompanyUpJust

Sea Shepherd is to terrorism what Groucho was to Marxism.

Paul Watson

SeaTerrorismShepherdMarxism

In each and every election, it's your rights, it's your freedoms, it's your interests that are on the ballot.

Todd Young

ElectionRightsYourEveryBallot

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

Timothy Dalton

CourageFaceYouKnowingRealFaces

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