P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need' is the family's practice as well as its theory. Even with today's scattershot patterns of marriage and parenting, a family is collectivist to a more than North Korean degree.

P. J. O'Rourke

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FamilyMarriageLiveTodayChildren

The trunk of a tree is like a community where only one generation at a time is engaged in active business, the great mass of the population being retired and adding solidity and permanence to the social organism.

John Burroughs

BusinessCommunityGreatTimeTree

My parents had no interest in spending a lot of time with me. They were busy doing what they were doing, but they were not obnoxious. They were fabulous.

Angela Bowie

TimeParentsMeBusyDoingFabulous

Roadside bombs that Iran sent to Iraq to blow up over 500 American soldiers cost a lot less than $1.7 billion.

Tom Cotton

AmericanSoldiersOverUpCostThan

You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited.

Lisa Loeb

LifeYouWantTryGetShould

'A Chorus Line' never dies; it just keeps opening doors and giving back to me - but there was a time when I considered it an albatross around my neck.

Donna McKechnie

TimeMeGivingDoorsBackNever

Strangely enough, I really think that shoes are a communication tool between people.

Christian Louboutin

CommunicationShoesPeopleThink

What we shouldn't be doing is borrowing money to give benefits to the most fortunate, to put the burden and pull the rug out of those who struggle the most.

Brad Schneider

MoneyStruggleDoingBurdenOutRug

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

William Hazlitt

EdgeAdmirationMayOffFamiliarity

I'm always writing across the same themes. But with short stories, I'm doing something different than with novels. In some ways, they're coming from a much deeper place.

Lynn Coady

WritingShortDoingPlaceAlways

Well, you've got to be known for something. The danger of extreme versatility is that you don't spring to mind for anything.

Julian Fellowes

SpringMindYouAnythingSomething

I have made of Sydney, to which I sailed in 1965, a paradise beyond the powers of fancy.

Howard Jacobson

ParadiseSydneyBeyondFancyMade

I think it's so important for women and girls to feel like they have a voice and to come together and support each other.

Grace VanderWaal

WomenTogetherSupportVoiceThink

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