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Results of search for Author: P. J. O'Rourke - Page 1 of 2 Showing results 1 to 10 of 20 total quotations found.
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Results from Cole's Quotables:

Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - ), Parliament of Whores (1991)
Politics are a lousy way for a free man to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - ), Parliament of Whores (1991)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.: P.J. O'Rourke
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
There's not a woman in the book, the plot hinges on unkindness to animals, and the black characters mostly drown by Chapter 29.: P.J. O'Rourke (commenting on _Moby Dick_)
After all, what is your hosts' purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
Remember the generational battles twenty years ago? Remember all the screaming at the dinner table about haircuts, getting jobs and the American dream? Well, our parents won. They're out living the American dream on some damned golf course in Vero Beach, and we're stuck with the jobs and haircuts.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )

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