P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

P. J. O'Rourke

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FamilyLoveLove IsBadMessyLike

I don't conduct my career for when I'm dead and people say nice things about me. I conduct my career for the here and now, and what excites me, and what interests me.

Joe Carnahan

PeopleMeCareerNiceNowSay

I was grounded for all of my childhood. Not most - all.

Megan Fox

ChildhoodGroundedMost

My closest friends are Roger Moore, who is an actor, Sean Connery, who is an actor, Terry O'Neill, who is a photographer, Johnny Gold, who was the boss of Tramp, and Leslie Bricusse, who is a composer.

Michael Caine

BossGoldFriendsActorPhotographer

I like being able to walk into an old town and find good local food.

Sienna Miller

GoodFoodWalkFindOldBeing

When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I would long for the lunch hour, when I would be able to escape the torture of the office and stroll over to the churchyard and into the comforting wooden embrace of one of its benches.

Tom Hodgkinson

FriendJobLunchLongEscapeOffice

There is no question that al-Qaida operatives are currently active in Iraq. A premature exit before the threat they represent has been dealt with would endanger America and the prospects of eventual peace in the Middle East.

Robert Foster Bennett

PeaceAmericaQuestionActiveExit

I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

SadProudInventionUsedTerrorists

I think maybe there's a part of me that needs adversity from the rest of the world in order to feel motivated to want to prove people wrong. I need people to be like, 'What is this weirdo doing?'

Josh Trank

AdversityPeopleMeWorldRestFeel

Latin America's economies are organized in a way that concentrates wealth in a few hands but then leaves it untaxed, depriving governments of the resources needed to invest in their citizens' human capital.

Denise Dresser

AmericaHandsWealthWayHuman

I'm really not a fascist. Everyone wears what they feel great in, or comfortable with. It's a beautiful day, you have an armless shirt: it goes with flip-flops.

Christian Louboutin

BeautifulGreatDayFeelYouShirt

Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Christian Slater

LifeArtMeBoundariesLimitations

People who get comfortable in their spirit miss what they were created for. They were created to magnify the glory of the world.

Cory Booker

PeopleWorldGloryComfortableMiss

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