P. J. O'Rourke quotes - page 14

Sheep farming is heavily subsidized in Great Britain. Without the subsidies, the green grazing in the valley of the River Exe would be gone. The handsome agricultural landscape of which the British are so proud, carefully husbanded since Boudicca's day, would be replaced by natural growth. The most likely growth is real-estate developments. (P. J. O'Rourke)
TV ushered in the age of postliteracy. And we have gone so far beyond that. I mean, what with the Internet and Google and Wikipedia. We have entered the age of post-intelligence. View quote
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China is trying to become America without democracy while America is trying to become France without cheese calories. View quote
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There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives. View quote
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The purpose of sports - even foreign sports - is not to bore people. View quote
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes. View quote
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Network television has been attempting to lure viewers for years with its low-interest programming only to have those viewers discover later that their brains are bankrupt. View quote
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him. View quote
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Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent! View quote
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Who, other than a crazy person, does anything besides hang up on a robo-call? Any call, any person, anywhere, under any circumstances. View quote
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If we were to inspect ourselves or members of our family and our friends, we would see that we don't really have to go all the way overseas to be mystified - we can be mystified right at home. (P. J. O'Rourke)
When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money. View quote
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Most people sort of enjoy going to work because of the socialisation, a chance to flirt with co-workers and so on, but actually hate the job they do. View quote
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Rich people don't like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don't go in much for revolution or terrorism, either. View quote
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The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget. View quote
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Chinese economic development has cost many American workers their jobs. That's the price of progress. View quote
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I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again. View quote
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What Enron was doing, what caused investors to embrace it in a rapture of baffled awe, was hiding debt. View quote
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The one thing that's terrible about traveling for fun is writing about it. View quote
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Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed. View quote
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Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer. (P. J. O'Rourke)
The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're living. View quote
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Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate. View quote
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders. View quote
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If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked. View quote
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