P. J. O'Rourke on budget
P. J. O'Rourke174 quotes“The budget doesn’t have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn’t have much control over the budget.”
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke By the end of the 1950s, American cars were so reliable that their reliability went without saying even in car ads. Thousands of them bear testimony to this today, still running on the roads of Cuba though fueled with nationalized Venezuelan gasoline and maintained with spit and haywire.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow… he wasn’t evil or anything, but he was worthless.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I’m not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you’re rich.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Some people have facts; these can be proven. Some people have theories; these can be disproven. But people with opinions are mindless and have their minds made up about it.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free market is a bathroom scale, it is a measuring tape, it’s simply a measurement.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke People are not ants or bees. We do not reason or love or live or die collectively.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.
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My house was bugged. They couldn’t find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don’t like some of the things the government is doing.
Eartha KittEartha Kitt We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
Theresa MayTheresa May The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone – in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.
Al FrankenAl Franken They obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.
Akbar GanjiAkbar Ganji When I say that I am opposed to this budget, everyone says, “Well, what do you think the United States should do?” My response is, “Why should the United States do anything?”
Akbar GanjiAkbar Ganji There are two types of films – one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity.
Ajay DevgnAjay Devgn I spent years working in low-budget horror films.
Adrienne BarbeauAdrienne Barbeau System that maintain among nations a a perpetual distrust and tension, impose on them (or force or compel, “leur impose”, Fr.) formidable armies and crushing war budgets.
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