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I’m too tough and sensitive to have to have some pubescent twerp with his mom’s earring in his tongue, who combs his hair with Redi-Whip and has an Ani DiFranco tattoo on his shin, come show me how a computer works.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke 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.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke I read good. I was an English major.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke You’re stupid,’ is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Regulation creates a moral hazard.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Global warming is a fact. Now it’s up to liberals to make it a reality. Hence there is crucial importance in preventing powerful, greedy free market forces from getting in the way of worsening storms and rising sea levels. The Kyoto Accord is a good first step.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You’d better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke The weirder you’re going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke A fundamental American question is, ‘What’s the big idea?’
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke I’ve got a 1990 Porsche 911. It’s just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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Jesus would be framed and in jail if he was living today.
Carson McCullersCarson McCullers I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
A. Philip RandolphA. Philip Randolph What really resonated with my students, I think, is that most of the writers we worked with were journalists, and when they saw journalists simply raising questions and being put in jail for that, it did freak them out a little bit.
Adam BraverAdam Braver I ain’t going to jail no more. The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin’ us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin’ now is Black Power!
Stokely CarmichaelStokely Carmichael There are very few people who have committed more to the pro-life discourse than Rob has. He’s spent time in jail. He has really lived it.
Abigail DisneyAbigail Disney But Ash, I can’t continue to want you from a distance. To love you and not have you. I’d end up in jail if anyone tried to touch you and God forbid you tried to date someone.
Abbi GlinesAbbi Glines The second time I went to jail, I was like, ‘Okay, this is not the move.’
The Notorious B.I.G.The Notorious B.I.G. I’d rather go to jail than give the hunters a penny.
Brigitte BardotBrigitte Bardot
