P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

My ignorance is widespread.

P. J. O'Rourke

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IgnoranceWidespread

In addition to the clean coal provisions, the energy conference agreement contains provisions instrumental in helping increase conservation and lowering consumption.

Jerry Costello

EnergyCleanConferenceConservation

I love competing. I mean, if you ask anybody around me, my coaches, they know I love competing. I hate losing.

Joel Embiid

LoveHateLosingMeYouKnow

Sometimes you get hungrier when you taste it.

John McEnroe

YouSometimesTasteGetHungrier

The reason this resolution was delayed had nothing to do with anything Karl did or failed to do.

Robert Luskin

ResolutionNothingReasonAnything

This was one of the places people told me to go, it was one the big trips that you should see: Alaska.

Jeff Goldblum

PeopleMeYouGoPlacesSee

Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.

Alton Brown

BadSoundUselessWithoutBasic

By middle school, I said to myself that it's time I begin to speak. I joined the choir, not because I wanted to. I forced myself.

Juan Felipe Herrera

TimeMyselfSchoolSpeakSaidChoir

Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.

Judith Martin

SmallMoralityGloryContribution

I couldn't believe I was in the big leagues. I also knew that I have to work hard every single day to stay in the big leagues. One thing is getting to the big leagues; another thing is to stay.

Jose Altuve

WorkDayWork HardBelieveHardBig

I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher standard than other candidates : I think there's a large, large portion of this country that feels disenfranchised and marginalized by the political process.

Chris Carter

ThinkProcessPoliticalCountryBig

In grammar school I read 'Act One' by Moss Hart, and being a playwright struck me as the most magical and romantic career anyone could have... But I never did write a play.

Alice McDermott

RomanticSchoolMeCareerPlayMoss

It's nearly impossible to overstate how fully my father has devoted himself to Apollo Group and its mission since he created Apollo Group four decades ago.

Peter Sperling

FatherImpossibleMissionGroupFour

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