"Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy."

-- P. J. O'Rourke

#Joy Quotes #Faces Quotes #Journalism Quotes

“Come along inside... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place.”
“Alas, it is just a single image - an extended moment perhaps. Unlike a biography, a portrait cannot present the many differing moments that make up a personality.”
“I know a lot of gay males who I work with that are fantastic people and I love hanging out with them. But because I hang out and bring gay men into my life, does that mean that I'm gay? I promise you that I very much love women”
“You are always looking at people like this.â€ And then she made a face, one he couldnâ€™t possibly begin to describe. â€œIf I ever look like that,â€ he said dryly, â€œprecisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me.”
“It takes me a LONG time to make a big purchase.”
“Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?”
“I can assure you that there is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. You learn that which is of inestimable importance that there are a great many people in the world who are just as clever as you are. You learn to put your trust, by and by, in an economy and frugality of the exercise of your powers, both moral and intellectual; and you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”
“On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.”

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