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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I've been able to convince all three of my children to become investment bankers.

P. J. O'Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: November 14, 1947

Topics

Children Thank You You Wall Street

I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.

Jim Morrison

Art People Think Trying Own I Think

I'm not great at judging a career. Or planning one.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Great Planning Career Judging

Washington does not tax too little: it spends way too much.

John Fleming

Too Much Tax Washington Way Little

'The Good Parts' is me telling as much as I can of the deeper sides of myself that I haven't shared before. It's like an onion that gets deeper every time you cut it.

Andy Grammer

Good Time Myself Me You I Can

I found reading Alan Bennett striking because you have this sudden flash of recognition when you read about a boy who has intellectual interests utterly different from his parents.

Michael Gove

Parents Reading Recognition You Boy

I've got good intuition.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Good Intuition Got

Most people depend on a lot of other people.

Sophie B. Hawkins

People Depend Most Other Lot

I was going to change my name to Sophie Windsor, but then I decided not to. I prefer to go into the room just as Sophie Winkleman.

Sophie Winkleman

Change Name Go Room Going Just

I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.

Martin Winterkorn

Ambition Face Problem Entrepreneur

I came to L.A. when I was 19, and my two roommates were blue-eyed, blond dudes. I helped coach them, and they both landed pilots.

Michael Pena

Roommates Two Coach Pilots Blue-Eyed

The story of Google is just when everyone concluded that a search engine would never make any money, everyone backed out of it, and Google walked into that vacuum and dominated.

David Sze

Money Story Search Google Never Out

The experience of pregnancy - it depends on your situation, but it can be quite isolating.

Cobie Smulders

Experience Situation Pregnancy Your