With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.

—P. J. O'Rourke

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About P. J. O'Rourke

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Patrick Jake O'Rourke (November 14, 1947 – February 15, 2022) was an American author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on subjects as diverse as politics, cars, etiquette, and economics. His books Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance both reached No. 1 on The New York...

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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

—P. J. O'Rourke

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Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.

—P. J. O'Rourke

Drugs have taught an entire generation of Americans the metric system.

—P. J. O'Rourke

Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

—P. J. O'Rourke

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.

—P. J. O'Rourke

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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

—Walter Bagehot

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How insulting is it to suggest that the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things? I'm betting some of those women would like to do great things of their own.

—Jessica Valenti in Why Have Kids?

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His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises.

—Samuel Johnson

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Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.

—Jack London in White Fang

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Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

—Dr. David M. Burns

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