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I myself am a parent in a small business. Number of employees: one.
P. J. O'Rourke
Myself
Business
Employees
Parent
Small
Small Business
Am
Number
Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.
P. J. O'Rourke
Great
You
Anger
Post
Mad
Post Office
Carrying
About
Abstract
Go
Office
Endlessly
Rhetorical
Mean
Your
The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants.
P. J. O'Rourke
Religion
Law
First
Congress
Disrespect
Respecting
Says
No Law
Only
Shall
First Amendment
Make
Amendment
Establishment
Wants
Death is so important that God visited death upon his own son, thereby helping us learn right from wrong well enough that we may escape death forever and live eternally in God's grace.
P. J. O'Rourke
Death
God
Son
Grace
Important
Own
Live
Enough
Visited
Wrong
Well
Well Enough
Learn
His
Escape
Forever
May
Eternally
Us
Helping
Thereby
Right
When you pay a hospital bill, you're really paying two hospital bills - one bill for you because you have a job and/or insurance and can pay the hospital. and another bill, which is tacked onto your bill, to cover the medical expenses of someone who doesn't have a job and/or insurance and can't pay the hospital.
P. J. O'Rourke
You
Job
Pay
Someone
Hospital
Onto
Another
Because
Insurance
Cover
Expenses
Which
Really
Bill
Your
Paying
Who
Bills
Medical
Two
Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent!
P. J. O'Rourke
Married
Pretty
Someone
Parent
Excellent
Fortunately
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
Life
You
Rest
Stupid
Nothing
Hat
More
Taken
Looks
Off
Left
Than
Greet
Lady
Should
Your
No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
P. J. O'Rourke
Health
Somebody
Lose
See
House
Because
American
Maybe
Wants
Boat
Bills
My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
P. J. O'Rourke
Culture
Stupidity
Stupid
Constant
More
Hypothesis
Get
Cannot
Working
Popular
Popular Culture
Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
P. J. O'Rourke
Other
Obama
More
Left
Than
Irritating
Barack
Barack Obama
I'm a member of the 1960s generation. We didn't have any wisdom.
P. J. O'Rourke
Wisdom
Generation
Member
1960s
Any
I am unboreable in the great outdoors.
P. J. O'Rourke
Great
I Am
Outdoors
Am
Raining on parades requires no skill or effort on the part of a politician.
P. J. O'Rourke
Politician
Parades
Part
Effort
Skill
Requires
Raining
If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
P. J. O'Rourke
Death
Somebody
Starved
Would
Would-Be
Heard
Shocked
Sweden
Switzerland
The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.
P. J. O'Rourke
Government
Control
Over
Budget
Again
Then
Much
If elected, I will win.
Pat Paulsen
Win
Will
Elected
Presidents tend to tinker, you know, and mess everything up.
Pat Paulsen
You
Everything
Presidents
Tend
Know
Mess
Up
Tinker
A gun is a necessity. Who knows if you're walking down a street and you spot a moose?
Pat Paulsen
You
Gun
Down
Moose
Knows
Spot
Walking
Who
Street
Necessity
I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it?
Pat Paulsen
Government
Good
Good Job
Job
Think
Percent
Does
Just
Tip
Fifteen
Should
Standard
If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.
Patton Oswalt
You
Coins
He
Head
Stick
Hit
Gold
Midget
Turns
I laughed all the way through Love Story.
Paul Lynde
Love
Love Story
Way
Laughed
Through
Story
The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what you hear.
Paul Merton
You
People
Listening
Other
Say
People Say
About
Hear
Improvisation
Thing
People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.'
Paul Mooney
Today
Time
Best
Me
People
Say
Best Time
Always
Ask
If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.
Paul Mooney
Happy
People
Hair
White
Relaxed
Your
The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.
Paul Mooney
Comedy
Rest
King
Dead
Pryor
Them
Richard
Richard Pryor
White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.
Paul Mooney
Good
People
White
Like
Academy
Academy Award
Very
Acting
Award
Deserve
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