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" I have never Twittered or Tweeted or even Chirped. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Even
Never
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" Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy. "
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" I spent a lot of time behind the Iron Curtain, and their cars were abysmal. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Curtain
Behind
Iron
" Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present. "
P. J. O'Rourke
You
Flattery
Gossip
" Lyndon Johnson faced some clear moral issues. "
P. J. O'Rourke
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" Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort. "
P. J. O'Rourke
God
Done
Way
" In midlife, we're as dumb as we get. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Get
Dumb
" A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat. "
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Life
Stupid
You
" Even Jimmy Carter can't be wrong all the time. "
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Wrong
Time
Jimmy Carter
" You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Fun
Got
You
" I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Now
Air
American
" We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Need
Nature
Government
" Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Irritating
Left
More
" A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Humorist
Really
Much
" Kids are disorganized. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Disorganized
Kids
" My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking, if it hadn't been for girls. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Gone
Been
My Life
" In Hong Kong there is agglomeration beyond my fondest imaginings. The Kowloon district claims a population density four times that of New York City. "
P. J. O'Rourke
New York
Beyond
City
" No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Health
Because
Lose
" I live in New Hampshire. We're in favor of global warming. Eleven hundred more feet of sea-level rises? I've got beachfront property. You tell us up there, 'By the end of the century, New York City could be underwater,' and we say, 'Your point is?' "
P. J. O'Rourke
New York
You
City
" Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Use
Voting
Vote
" Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Exercise
" Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less. "
P. J. O'Rourke
More
Less
Nothing
" We've come into the world of '1984,' but it turns out to be '1984'-Lite. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Turns
Out
Come
" To blame the existence of al Qaeda on poverty like Egypt's is a slur on the poor. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Existence
Poverty
Blame
" Stupid is a great force in human affairs. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Force
Affairs
Great
" We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Win
Election
Supreme Court
" I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Engagements
Speaking
Lot
" Writing is agony. I hate it. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Writing
Agony
Hate
" The District of Columbia is an extreme example of disconnect between financial input and educational outcome. Unfortunately, extreme is not the same as abnormal. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Example
Same
Outcome
" Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Death
Dying
Child
" 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. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Situation
Funny
Saying