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Patrick James O'Rourke , autore satirico americano.

✵ 14. Novembre 1947   •   Altri nomi Patrick Jake O'Rourke, P. J. O´Rourke
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“Non potevo restare per sempre Maoista. Ero diventato troppo grasso per indossare ancora le zampe d'elefante. E mi resi conto che comunismo significava dare le mie mazze da golf a una famiglia dello Zaire.”

P.J. O'Rourke

da Republican Party Reptile, 1986
Origine: citato in Charles Shaar Murray, Jimi Hendrix. Una chitarra per il secolo, traduzione di Massimo Cotto

“Un bambino che cresce in un ambiente eccessivamente sicuro può non imparare mai che è un bambino, non fino a quando non si sposa ed ha una moglie che glielo dica.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

“La pésca è uno sport inventato dagli insetti e voi siete l'esca.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

“Freddie Aguilar, etichettato come "il Bob Dylan delle Filippine". Ciò è ingiusto, dato che è bello, suona bene la chitarra, sa eseguire un accordo e scrive canzoni che abbiano senso.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

“Sono un Repubblicano tesserato e considero il socialismo una violazione del principio americano secondo cui non dovete ficcare il naso negli affari degli altri se non per fare soldi.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

P.J. O'Rourke Frasi e Citazioni

“In effetti, la sicurezza non ha posto da nessuna parte. Tutto ciò che è divertente nella vita è pericoloso. Le corse dei cavalli, per esempio, sono molto pericolose. Ma tentate di progettare un cavallo sicuro e il risultato è una mucca (un terribile animale da guardare con i trotters). È impossibile essere vivo e sicuro.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

Sull'arte , Sulla vita , Animali , Cavallo

“L'uomo si è sviluppato in Africa. Non ha continuato a fare così là.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

“L'industrializzazione è venuta in Inghilterra ma l'ha finalmente abbandonata.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

“Né i conservatori né i comici credono che l'uomo sia buono. Ma gli uomini di sinistra lo credono.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

Sugli uomini

“La costituzione sovietica garantisce a tutti un lavoro. Un'idea graziosa e inquietante, direi.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

Idea

“Questa era gente che ha creduto che tutto ciò che riguardava l'Unione Sovietica fosse perfetto, ma portavano dietro la carta igienica.”

P.J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile

P.J. O'Rourke: Frasi in inglese

“Being gloomy is easier than being cheerful. Anybody can say "I've got cancer" and get a rise out of a crowd. But how many of us can do five minutes of good stand-up comedy?”

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P. J. O'Rourke

All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Give War a Chance

Give War a Chance (1992)

“In Western Australia they don't even know how to make that vital piece of sailing-boat equipment, the gin and tonic.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Holidays in Hell

Holidays in Hell (1989)

“The larger the German body, the smaller the German bathing suit and the louder the German voice issuing German demands and German orders to everybody who doesn't speak German. For this, and several other reasons, Germany is known as 'the land where Israelis learned their manners.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Holidays in Hell

Holidays in Hell (1989)

“Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.”

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P. J. O'Rourke

All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“You can't get good Chinese takeout in China and Cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That's all you need to know about communism.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Give War a Chance

Give War a Chance (1992)

“The collegiate idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Parliament of Whores

Origine: Parliament of Whores (1991), p. 198

“One nice thing about the Third World, you don't have to fasten your seat belt. (Or stop smoking. Or cut down on saturated fats.) It takes a lot off your mind when average life expectancy is forty-five minutes.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Holidays in Hell

Holidays in Hell (1989)

“Incidentally, there's a balanced position that all of America's presidential candidates could take on the controversial abortion issue. If they want votes they shouldn't campaign to make abortion illegal or legal. They should campaign to make it retroactive. If a kid reaches 25 and he or she is still jobless, feckless, and sitting around Starbucks acting like a — no offense — European, then whack.”

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"Letter to Our European Friends" (4 February 2008)

“Advocating the expansion of the powers of the state is treason to mankind, goddamnit!”

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P. J. O'Rourke

All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“Cockfighting has always been my idea of a great sport— two armed entrées battling to see who'll be dinner.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Holidays in Hell

Holidays in Hell (1989)

“I'm a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the American principle that you shouldn't stick your nose in other people's business except to make a buck.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

“In a society where commonweal does not exist, there are no duties, only exactations to be avoided, and no freedoms, only privileges to be grabbed. There can be no such thing as "public services" because nothing in the country is truly public. Everything is somebody's fief. And every fief must be exploited if the exploiter cares to survive.”

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All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine.”

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All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“Something is happening to America, not something dangerous but something all too safe. I see it in my lifelong friends. I am a child of the "baby boom," a generation not known for its sane or cautious approach to things. Yet suddenly my peers are giving up drinking, giving up smoking, cutting down on coffee, sugar, and salt. They will not eat red meat and go now to restaurants whose menus have caused me to stand on a chair yelling, "Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, dinner is served!" This from the generation of LSD, Weather Underground, and Altamont Rock Festival! And all in the name of safety! Our nation has withstood many divisions—North and South, black and white, labor and management—but I do not know if the country can survive division into smoking and non-smoking sections.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

“The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Holidays in Hell

Holidays in Hell (1989)

“Foreigners may pretend otherwise, but if English is spoken loudly enough, anyone can understand it, the British included. Actually, there’s no such thing as a foreign language. The world is just filled with people who grunt and squeak instead of speaking sensibly. French may be an exception. But since it’s impossible to figure out what French people are saying, we’ll never know for sure.”

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P. J. O'Rourke

Modern Manners (1983)

“A woman should dress to attract attention. To attract the most attention, a woman should either be nude or wearing something as expensive as getting her nude is going to be.”

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Modern Manners (1983)

“One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on.”

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Rolling Stone (30 November 1989) https://books.google.com/books?id=4cl5c4T9LWkC&pg=PA347&lpg=PA347&dq=%22the+annoying+things+about+believing+in+free+will+and+individual+responsibility%22&source=bl&ots=87tHwdgxHT&sig=t-cX3HtpzKcKAd5GztMu4YkLLgM&hl=en&ei=Jl7OSvzgFpCMtgemntGEBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22the%20annoying%20things%20about%20believing%20in%20free%20will%20and%20individual%20responsibility%22&f=false
Contesto: One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.

“Killing innocent people by surprise is not called 'a thousand points of light.' But, as frightening as terrorism is, it's the weapon of losers. The minute somebody sets off a suicide bomb, you can be sure that person doesn't have 'career prospects.' And no matter how horrendous a terrorist attack is, it's still conducted by losers.”

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"Putting Words in the President's Mouth" (12 October 2004)
Contesto: Saddam Hussein was reduced to the Unabomber — Ted Kaczynski — a nutcase hiding in the sticks. Sure, the terrorism by his supporters is frightening. Hence, its name, 'terrorism.' Killing innocent people by surprise is not called 'a thousand points of light.' But, as frightening as terrorism is, it's the weapon of losers. The minute somebody sets off a suicide bomb, you can be sure that person doesn't have 'career prospects.' And no matter how horrendous a terrorist attack is, it's still conducted by losers. Winners don't need to hijack airplanes. Winners have an Air Force.

“Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has been bullied by scum.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Parliament of Whores

Parliament of Whores (1991)
Contesto: Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadows about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.

“One thing that's certain about going outdoors: When you come back inside, you'll be scratching.”

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P. J. O'Rourke

All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“Moscow has changed. I was here in 1982, during the Brezhnev twilight, and things are better now. For instance, they've got litter. In 1982 there was nothing to litter with.”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Holidays in Hell

Holidays in Hell (1989)

“Mankind is supposed to have evolved in the treetops. But I have examined my sense of balance, the prehensility of my various appendages, and my attitude toward standing on anything higher than, say, political principles, and I have concluded that, personally, I evolved in the backseat of a car.”

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All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“In Japan people drive on the left. In China people drive on the right. In Vietnam it doesn't matter.”

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All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country. So maybe he owes all of us an apology…”

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P. J. O'Rourke libro Parliament of Whores

Parliament of Whores (1991)

“Traffic was like a bad dog. It wasn't important to look both ways when crossing the street; it was important to not show fear.”

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All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“I am a little to the right of … Why is the Attila comparison used? Fifth-century Hunnish depredations on the Roman Empire were the work of an overpowerful executive pursuing a policy of economic redistribution in an atmosphere of permissive social mores. I am a little to the right of Rush Limbaugh. I'm so conservative that I approve of San Francisco City Hall marriages, adoption by same-sex couples, and New Hampshire's recently ordained Episcopal bishop. Gays want to get married, have children, and go to church. Next they'll be advocating school vouchers, boycotting HBO, and voting Republican.”

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"I Agree With Me" (July/August 2004)

“The observers had a logbook recording the assaults, bombings, and artillery attacks on the area. Each page was ruled in vertical columns: DATE, TIME, LOCATION, DAMAGE, CASUALTIES. The columns headed ACTION TAKEN BY THE UN were completely empty.”

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P. J. O'Rourke

All the Trouble in the World (1994)

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