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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being 'hegemonistic', of engaging in 'unilateralism', of behaving as if we're the only nation on earth that counts. We are.

P. J. O'Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

America Earth Nation Act Being Us

My family and I survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005; we left my grandmother's flooding house, were refused shelter by a white family, and took refuge in trucks in an open field during a Category Five hurricane. I saw an entire town demolished, people fighting over water, breaking open caskets searching for something that could help them survive.

Jesmyn Ward

Family Water People Survive Help

I've been grinding a really long time, and I've been broke for a lot of years. I may not have looked like it because, if you're fly, you don't need a dollar - you just need charisma. But I was riding hope as currency for a very long time. I feel like now, more than ever, I'm in my purpose, and comedy is the foundation of that.

Amanda Seales

Hope Time Purpose Fly Foundation

When I was working with Reebok, Paul Fineman sent me to see David Stern to try to explain to him, basically, the tanning of America: That all rappers wanted to be basketball players and basketball players wanted to be rappers.

Steve Stoute

Me Basketball America Try Him See

We treat human biology as our center point. Everyone already has a head-mounted display. It's your head!

Rony Abovitz

Treat Biology Human Everyone Head

I think being born in Panama was a blessing because Panama is a port city. It's a really - the mentality is that - I remember that of admitting things in. You know, ports, ideas come in and out all the time.

Ruben Blades

Time Blessing City Ideas Think You

I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I'd do a lot of things different if I could. I'd never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again. It's so weird.

Mary Beth Whitehead

Mistakes Not Perfect Weird Perfect

I've definitely taken more family-friendly roles. Honestly, sometimes the edgier acting roles are not age-appropriate for kids but I have taken more projects that I feel have a great message or my kids can watch because of their age and that were just plain fun.

Mira Sorvino

Age Great Fun Feel Acting Sometimes

I pointed out that the Atlanta Olympic bomber - as well as Timothy McVeigh and the people who protest against gay rights at military funerals - are Christians but we journalists don't identify them by their religion.

Juan Williams

Religion People Gay Atlanta Military

I caught hold of the great bull market in soybeans in 1977. I had no idea what I was doing, incidentally.

Bruce Kovner

Great Doing Bull Hold Market Idea

It's not in my nature to chop people's heads off, per se, or rob a bank or any crazy thing I've done on screen. I'm just comfortable reading a book or spending time with my wife and my daughter or watching the fight on TV with the fellas.

Bokeem Woodbine

Nature Daughter Time Wife Fight

Indians have become very demanding. Gone are the days where you could get away with power outages.

Piyush Goyal

Power You Become Days Gone Get

I go to third grade, and I'm scared to death. I'm just 6 years old, and the kids are so much bigger than me.

Philippe Dauman

Death Me Go Old Scared Bigger