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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.

P. J. O'Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

You Consequences Damn Duty Right

If you were to make a quick judgment call on my intelligence and articulation when I first moved to the U.S. based on my speaking skills, it would be very low.

Jenny Zhang

Intelligence You Skills First Quick

I knew there were calls for diversity in children's lit, but you always wonder as a person of color, how diverse is too diverse?

Angie Thomas

Children Diversity Color You Person

I'm not scared to look like a complete fool in front of people. It's just not one of my insecurities.

Amy Smart

Fool People Look Scared Complete

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.

Soren Kierkegaard

Good Great Light Death Bad Become

I don't think aggression works like thirst or sleep. I think aggression is more elicited by particular situations. I think it can be mitigated.

Steven Pinker

Sleep Think More Aggression Thirst

My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.

Tory Burch

Mother Great Challenge Day Every Day

In college, I was a theater and film major at Kansas University. I always had an affinity for comedy. I could probably quote everything from 'Caddyshack,' 'Stripes,' and all those great comedies from the '80s.

Rob Riggle

Great College Comedy Always Stripes

On the 'SmackDown' side, A.J. Styles really has been phenomenal.

Mick Foley

Side Been Really Phenomenal Styles

Cyber espionage is very lucrative for economic benefit to a nation.

Dmitri Alperovitch

Cyber Nation Economic Benefit Very

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

Chinua Achebe

People Create Rather Stories

Counter-insurgency warfare is not a simple thing... it's not as simple as, like, good guys versus bad guys. It is a mess.

Chelsea Manning

Good Simple Bad Mess Good Guys Like

We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.

Craig Charles

Family Growing Up Black White Up