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Earnestness is stupidity sent to college. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#earnestness #sent #stupidity

Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#life #moments #beauty

I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#around #art #artists #bohemian #could

I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#because #good #i #i am #i write

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#around #because #better #fun #got

My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#come #families #family #fortunate #hitting

Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#especially #health #health insurance #insurance #insurance companies

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

Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#less #more #nothing #pay #somebody