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Quotes from Republican Party Reptile — P. J. O'Rourke

1947–2022 United States

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13 quotes

Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

Every generation finds the drug it needs.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

The Soviet constitution guarantees everyone a job. A pretty scary idea, I'd say.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

Man developed in Africa. He has not continued to do so there.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

Neither conservatives nor humorists believe man is good. But left-wingers do.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

Freddie Aguilar, who's billed as "the Bob Dylan of the Philippines." This is unfair, since he's good-looking, plays the guitar well, can carry a tune, and writes songs that make sense.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies is supposed to have subscribed to the Village Voice for six years in an attempt to find out about life in America's rural areas.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

Industrialization came to England but has since left.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

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.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

Fishing ... is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

Pain is the body's way of showing us we're bone-heads. A child growing up in an excessively safe environment may never learn that he is one — not until he gets married and has a wife to tell him so.

Republican Party Reptile (1987)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: P. J. O'Rourke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.