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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Politics Selling First Things Buying

Whenever the media asked me how much I have received in campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry, my unapologetic answer was, 'Not enough.'

Me Enough Media Answer Industry How

Look at timber prices in the late '90s, at around $50. If you count the true damage of cutting down forests, the resultant flooding, insurance claims, and so on, then the timber price should have been $100.

Insurance You Look Late Down True

I love technology, and I love new gadgets. I can no longer figure out how to use any of them, but I love them.

Love Technology I Can New Out How

Maryland's different than Virginia. Maryland has certain advantages that Virginia doesn't have and certain disadvantages... We should just worry about ourselves and not worry about comparisons.

Worry Different Just Virginia Than

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.

Integrity Power Chance Will Within

I love boating - not flash, 'noisy go fast' nonsense, but the general relaxation of it. My wife and I love to get in our little Wellcraft and go as far out to sea as we can, hopefully beyond land. That is the best thing you can ever do. It clears your psyche.

Love Sea Best Wife You Fast

I feel like our culture is so good at pulling other people down and being so judgmental, but there's space for all of us to be who we are. There's space for us to celebrate each other and root for each other and not take each other down.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Good Culture Space People Celebrate

I love making fiction films as well as nonfiction ones, and hope to keep challenging myself to make better and better work.

Work Love Hope Myself Better Well

I worked at a daycare for a couple of years going through high school and college. I did youth sports camps. I ran all the camps through my college.

Sports School College Youth High

There is always pressure playing cornerback. It's just a position where you're always in the spotlight.

Chris Harris, Jr.

Pressure You Always Spotlight Where

Just doing any kind of work - even an interview for breakfast television - makes me feel happy.

Work Happy Breakfast Me Feel Doing

Sometimes I have wrinkles, in the morning. It depends on what kind of night that I had. I accept myself and the way that I am growing older. I have eye bags and some people have proposed to me to take them out but I said no.

Antonio Banderas

Morning Myself I Am People Me Night

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