P. J. O'Rourke Quotes About Purpose

Quotes about: Purpose

• The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Death, Grief, Loving You

  P. J. O'Rourke (1983). “Modern manners”, Dell Books

• The purpose of the Senate is to keep 100 middle aged knuckleheads out of the private sector where they can do real harm.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Real, Political, Knuckleheads

• After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Sarcastic, Laughter, Humorous

• Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Children, Food

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.113, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

• The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Adventure, Government, Goal

• That happy sense of purpose people have when standing up for a principle they haven't really been knocked down for yet.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  People, Principles, Purpose

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer”, p.80, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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