#ms

One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#certain #certainly #east #enduring #history

People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#always #america #anger #angry #caused

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#duty #jury #jury duty #people #political

There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#change #climate #climate change #currently #doubtless

Who, other than a crazy person, does anything besides hang up on a robo-call? Any call, any person, anywhere, under any circumstances. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#anything #anywhere #besides #call #circumstances

Films were never in my budget. Didn't occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I've had and I'm having as an actor. I didn't expect the rest. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#budget #expect #films #good #good life

It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won't come back. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#chuck #come #films #gone #heart

We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#beginning #circumstances #david #day #doing

There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to change while there are women like that around. ↗

— Ann Oakley

#around #bother #change #i #like

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#ask #disingenuous #filled #history #seems