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P. J. O'Rourke

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P. J. O'Rourke Frases famosas

“Eu gosto de fazer minha pesquisa principal em bares, onde as pessoas são mais propícias a contar a verdade ou, pelo menos, mentem menos convincentemente do que quando o fazem em palestras e livros.”

P. J. O'Rourke

I like to do my principal research in bars, where people are more likely to tell the truth or, at least, lie less convincingly than they do in briefings and books.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador), 212

“Há apenas um direito humano básico, o de fazer o que você bem entender. E com isso vem o único dever humano, o dever de assumir as consequencias.”

P. J. O'Rourke

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.
The Liberty Manifesto (1993)

“Pescar é um esporte inventado por insetos e você é a isca.”

P. J. O'Rourke

“Ficar aborrecido dá menos trabalho do que tomar uma atitude para acabar com o aborrecimento. Todo mundo quer salvar o mundo; ninguém quer ajudar a mãe a lavar louça.”

P. J. O'Rourke

And worrying is less work than doing something to fix the worry. [...] Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty - página 9, Por P. J. O'Rourke, Publicado por Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995, ISBN 0871136112, 9780871136114, 340 páginas

“Quando o governo controla o poder econômico dos indiduos e o poder coercivo do Estado… Isso viola a regra fundamental da vida feliz: nunca deixe as pessoas com todo o dinheiro e as pessoas com todas as armas serem as mesmas pessoas.”

P. J. O'Rourke livro Eat the Rich

When a government controls both the economic power of individuals and the coercive power of the state ... This violates a fundamental rule of happy living: Never let the people with all the money and the people with all the guns be the same people.
O'Rourke, P. J. (1999). Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics (1st edition ed.). New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 272 pp.. 978-0-87113-760-9.

“Não há virtude na caridade compulsória governamental, e não há virtude em defende-la. Um político que se apresenta como cuidadoso e sensível porque ele quer expandir os programas de caridade do governo está meramente dizendo que ele está disposto a fazer o bem com o dinheiro dos outros. Bem, quem não está? E um eleitor que se orgulha em apoiar esses programas está nos dizendo que ele fará o bem com seu próprio dinheiro - se uma arma é mantida em sua cabeça.”

P. J. O'Rourke

There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as caring and sensitive because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he is willing to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he will do good with his own money — if a gun is held to his head.
O'Rourke, P. J. (1996). Why I Am a Conservative (1st edition ed.). Second Thoughts Books. pp. 24 pp.. 978-1886442085.

P. J. O'Rourke frases e citações

“Os subsídios governamentais podem ser analisados criticamente de acordo com um princípio simples: Você é mais esperto do que o governo, então, quando o governo lhe paga para fazer algo que você não faria por conta própria, está quase sempre pagando para você fazer algo estúpido.”

P. J. O'Rourke

Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)

“Eu sempre imaginei que se Deus quisesse que a gente fosse a igreja muito vezes, Ele teria nos dado traseiros maiores para sentar e cabeças menores para pensar.”

P. J. O'Rourke

I've always figured that if God wanted us to go to church a lot He'd have given us bigger behinds to sit on and smaller heads to think with.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador), 90

De deus

“Algumas pessoas estão preocupadas sobre a diferença entre certo e errado. Eu estou preocupado sobre a diferença entre o errado e o divertido.”

P. J. O'Rourke

Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador), 125

De pessoas

“Violência é interessante. É o grande obstáculo para a paz mundial e também para uma programação de televisão mais pensativa.”

P. J. O'Rourke

Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1994), All the trouble in the world. The lighter side of famine, pestilence, destruction and death. Sydney (Picador), 249

De paz

“Pessoas que são sábias, boas, espertas, habilidosas ou trabalhadoras não precisam de política, elas tem empregos.”

P. J. O'Rourke

People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1994), All the trouble in the world. The lighter side of famine, pestilence, destruction and death. Sydney (Picador), 198

De dor

“Uma das coisas irritantes sobre acreditar no livre-arbítrio e responsabilidade individual é a dificuldade de encontrar alguém para culpar pelos seus problemas. E quando você encontrar alguém, é notável a forma como muitas vezes a imagem dela aparece em sua carteira de motorista.”

P. J. O'Rourke

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.
Rolling Stone (30 de Novembro de 1989 http://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)

De arte , De idade , Problema

“Você não pode obter boa comida chinesa na China e charutos cubanos são racionados em Cuba. Isso é tudo que você precisa saber sobre o comunismo.”

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

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.
Give War a Chance (1992)

De comida

“Quando uma entidade privada não produz os resultados desejados, ela (com exceção de certas partes do corpo) fecha. Mas uma entidade pública se torna maior.”

P. J. O'Rourke

When a private entity does not produce the desired results, it is (certain body parts excepted) done away with. But a public entity gets bigger.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)

De idade , De arte

“Seu dinheiro não causa minha pobreza. Recusar isso está na base do pior pensamento econômico.”

P. J. O'Rourke

Your money does not cause my poverty. Refusal to believe this is at the bottom of most bad economic thinking.
All the Trouble in the World (1994)

De dinheiro

“Dar dinheiro e poder para o governo é como dar whisky e as chaves do carro para adolescentes.”

P. J. O'Rourke

De dinheiro , Carros

“Quando compra e venda são reguladas por lei, a primeira coisa a ser comprada e vendida são os legisladores.”

P. J. O'Rourke

De leis

“Nem conservadores, nem humoristas acreditam que o homem é bom. Mas os esquerdistas acreditam.”

P. J. O'Rourke

De homens

P. J. O'Rourke: Frases em inglês

“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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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 livro 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 livro 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 livro 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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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 livro 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 livro Parliament of Whores

Fonte: 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 livro 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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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 livro 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 livro 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 livro 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 livro 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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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
Contexto: 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)
Contexto: 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 livro Parliament of Whores

Parliament of Whores (1991)
Contexto: 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.