#thing

As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when one was at the mercy of one's friends' and relatives' children. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#any #become #becomes #children #cruelty

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#answers #any #because #delve #essentially

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'Rourke

#creed #free #free market #market #measurement

Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#endless #foreigners #get #god #infinite

The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can't do, shouldn't do, had better not do very often or do for too long as we get older. The body makes its presence known. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#body #forever #get #had #known

I mean, we just started, it's a new thing. We're doing this for fun and we're going to see where it goes. ↗

— Bill Kreutzmann

#fun #goes #going #i #just

If someone's got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that's bouncy, and the nails are clean and not overly done, then you can put anything on her and she's going to look good. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#clean #done #going #good #got

Don't take things too seriously. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#take #things #too

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#come #down #ever #here #humble

Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#anything #corners #cut #never #second-rate