P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don't think that way. We don't think much at all, thank God.

P. J. O'Rourke

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GodThank GodThinkAmericaWay

I want to be an independent woman who falls in love, finds a great partner for her lifetime, has kids and kind of does it all. I'd like to have it all.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

LoveGreatWomanPartnerWantKind

I don't mind that I am not necessarily a household name, because I think my characters have outshined me. That was by design. And I'm not wanting for appreciation.

Jeffrey Wright

I AmAppreciationMindMeThink

I am still making order out of chaos by reinvention.

John le Carre

I AmChaosOutOrderStillMaking

There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt. Stabilizing Iran, and bringing it back into the family of nations, is much more possible. That would be a 'win' for both sides.

Stephen Kinzer

FamilyHopeWinBackEgyptPossible

The gospel is the power of God for salvation for all who believe, not just old, black grandmothers or not just old, white Republican guys.

Trip Lee

GodPowerBelieveBlackWhiteOld

I personally have a background of many days on end of confusion, understimulation, overstimulation, and uncomfortableness with the world around me.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

MeWorldEndConfusionDaysAround

You banter, and you talk, and you get a sense of the speed of thinking and flexibility... It's not terribly scientific, but I interview a dozen or two dozen people a week, and I get a certain vibe reasonably fast.

Mickey Drexler

PeopleThinkingSpeedWeekYouFast

The effectiveness of advertising depends on the amount and kind of product information available to consumers... advertising will be more successful the more impoverished the consumer's information environment.

Michael Schudson

AdvertisingEnvironmentInformation

The main fear comes from playing a character that so many people know from the comic books, and there's a long history of people unhappy with movies and TV shows who make alterations to comic book characters.

Joseph David-Jones

FearCharacterHistoryPeopleBook

Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair.

Douglas Coupland

NatureGreatHairEndBloodOut

Chaplin was my idol. I remember watching those movies at this little theater in Woodstock, N.Y., when I was probably 6 and laughing so hard at the surprises, like Keaton suddenly being dragged by a streetcar.

Chevy Chase

RememberMoviesWatchingHardLittle

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Winston Churchill

ChangePerfectImproveOften

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