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«When a couple decide to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not only courteous but practical. Parents may be very willing to pitch in with comments, criticism and malicious gossip of their own to help the divorce along»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
commented, Commenting, comments, couple, courteous, gossip, inform, malicious, malicious gossip, pitch, pitch in
«Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
automobiles, dining, dining room, egotism, free of, literally, rooms, smelly, stairs, stations, wider
«There's no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn't invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone gearing up for World War II. Can we count on Saddam Hussein to come along every year and resolve our defense-policy debates? Given the history of the Middle East, it's possible.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
August, budget, debates, defense policy, every year, gear, geared, gearing, gears, History of the, Hussein, invaded, in gear, Kuwait, Middle East, Saddam, Saddam Hussein, The Middle East, world war, World War II
«Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.»
«A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.»
«Never wear anything that panics the cat.»
«Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.»
«Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.»
«?I?m not a liberal so I have a poor grasp of stuff I don?t know anything about.?»
«Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it were federally mandated -- serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
acknowledged, blandly, branch, bulkier, bulky, diet, Federal, federally, fourth, mandate, mandated, mandates, newsman, newsmen, set in, tacitly, The Federal, worthwhile
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