P. J. O'Rourke Quotefest 2004

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:29 am

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Bob Dylan

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:45 am

Get out and do something. It's a nice day somewhere, and if it's not…pretend.

Maid Marian
Jack Rabbit Speaks

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 6:19 am

"If he were interested in performing his duty, he would have gone to the grand jury with his information." G Gordon Liddy, finance counsel,Nixon's re-election committee regarding Former FBI official Mark Felt, 'Deep Throat'

Cowboy · Post by **Cowboy** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:35 am

First, I must ask: Who is PJ O'Rouke?

Second,

"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world." -- Author Unknown

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:32 am

Cowboy wrote:First, I must ask: Who is PJ O'Rouke?

He's a beloved family restaurant, featuring daily lunch specials as well as delicious specialty drinks! You're ALWAYS special at P.J. O'Rourke's!

Cowboy · Post by **Cowboy** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:51 am

Robot: Very Funny!!

I might of fell for it if Joel had not already informed me.

I am getting more excited every day to go to "The Burn" this year, to meet some of the personalities that are in Eplaya....

"You can't handle the truth!" movie quote from "A Few Good Men."

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:16 am

Coming from Oz you should find BRC very pleasant, except for the angry campers who happen to be under your house when you land......

"Ordinary fucking people.....I hate 'em."
-Bud, (Harry Dean Stanton) Repo Man

"Back to the old freezerinos."
-Brett, (sic) Alien

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:02 am

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
Spiro T. Agnew

They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.
Spiro T. Agnew

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:07 am

Each person must live their life as a model for others.
Rosa Parks

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:12 am

We've got to support [Bush] as the commander in chief and we've got to support those young men and women who are out there protecting our big, fat, bloated lifestyle.
Dan Aykroyd

Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to.
Dan Aykroyd

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:20 am

The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.
Lenny Bruce

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon'.
Chris Rock

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:29 am

"Mankind is the village idiot...United by the glue of their loathesome qualities."
-Iggy Pop, The Villagers

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:32 am

The danger for children today, honey, is the news. Keep them away from news on television and you're going to have very, very fine, natural children.
Jerry Lewis

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:11 am

"I'm going to show Washington that a porn star is more than someone who just flashes her boobs."

Mary Carey, a porn star, on attending a presidential fundraiser

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:49 am

"My feet aren't on backwards....YOURS are!"
-Mickey Dolenz

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:43 am

"Your government has unmistakable confidence in your ability to hear the worst, without flinching or losing heart. You must, in turn, have complete confidence that your government is keeping nothing from you except information that will help the enemy in his attempt to destroy us."

President Franklin Roosevelt, Feb. 23, 1942

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:18 am

"I'm a kid from Texas who learned how to ride fast and overcome a life-threatening illness to come back and win the hardest sporting event in the world." Lance Armstrong

EvilDustBooger · Post by **EvilDustBooger** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:44 am

No Society can be surely flourishing and happy of which, by far, the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable.

Adam Smith

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:58 am

"Is 'I don't know' an acceptable answer?"

-Dave Chappelle regarding his future plans.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:43 am

To me, a quotation is a profound little kernal of thought. I've found no better source or inspiration than the book;

The Great Thoughts by George Seldes

From Abelard to Zola, from ancient Greece to contemporary America, the ideas that have shaped the history of the world.

I read it often. I brought it with me to the playa and read it during whiteouts. Some people are driven to know and understand.
To me it's a REAL inspiration to read the condensed wisdom of all the sages, philosophers,leaders,,,,,and wankers of all the ages.
Dan

PS Don't shoot me when you discover that P.J.O. isn't in there. I like him.

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:25 am

if you look, you might notice there are no O'Rourke quotes contained herein, either.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
-H. L. Mencken

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:55 pm

"The US Marines have done more for world peace than Ben and Jerry's could ever hope to" PJ O'Rourke

Quoted from his book "Parliament of Whores"
In reference to the "plan" of the ice cream chain to donate a bit of their profits to world peace.

can't sit still · Post by **can't sit still** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:12 pm

"Ritual courtesy is the lubrication that keeps the gears of civilization from grinding themselves to dust"--- Robert Heinlein?

"Be nice to everyone you meet,,,,, you can always turn asshole later"WDB

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:31 am

"Pol Pot killed one point seven million Cambodians, died under house arrest, well done there. Stalin killed many millions, died in his bed, aged seventy-two, well done indeed. And the reason we let them get away with it is they killed their own people. And we're sort of fine with that. Hitler killed people next door. Oh, stupid man. After a couple of years we won’t stand for that, will we?"
Eddie Izzard

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!
Eddie Izzard

EvilDustBooger · Post by **EvilDustBooger** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:26 pm

"We want only peace"

Pol Pot

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:55 pm

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. -Mao Tse-Tung

and it appears this strategy is working

EvilDustBooger · Post by **EvilDustBooger** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:15 pm

It is better any day to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head
than to crawl on one`s belly, in order to be able to save one`s head.

Ghandi

kilngod · Post by **kilngod** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:16 pm

Oh, a sleeping drunkard
Up in Central Park,
And a lion-hunter
In the jungle dark,
And a Chinese dentist,
And a British queen--
All fit together
In the same machine.
Nice, nice, very nice;
Nice, nice, very nice;
Nice, nice, very nice--
So many different people
In the same device.

- Kurt V., Jr., from The Books of Bokonon, 53rd Calypso

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:35 pm

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
-Joseph Stalin

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:05 pm

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.
Joseph Stalin

P. J. O'Rourke Quotefest 2004

reviving one of my old favorites.

definitely POTD material

Spiro, where are you?

I think you might be onto to something there...

P.J. O'Rourke Quotefest 2004

P.J. O'Rourke Quotefest 2004

P.J. O'Rourke Quotefest 2004