Background Image
Generally it's not a good idea to wear banana republic - type khaki journalist clothes in a war zone. you might look too much like something that's supposed to be shot, such as a journalist.
-P. J. O'Rourke
Please Wait....
Translating....

Generally It's Not A Good Idea To

P. J. O'Rourke
Generally it's not a good idea to wear banana republic - type khaki journalist clothes in a war zone. you might look too much like something that's supposed to be shot, such as a journalist.
Views: 21
Cite this Page
Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.
APA FORMAT
Embed this Quote
Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.
HTML CODE
Topic
Funny War Ideas

More From P. J. O'Rourke

The best herb i smoke in jamaica and africa. african - rasclot! them people cure it in a banana. in a banana skin. a green banana. they wrap it up in a banana so when you get it, it compressed and, i'll tell you, it great! blood clot! in nigeria and ghana, love that herb! good herb, mon.
Ghana Blood Jamaica
Apes had it worked out. no ape would philosophize, "the mountain is, and is not." they would think, "the banana is. i will eat the banana. there is no banana. i want another banana.
Thinking Mountain Want
Alpha children wear grey. they work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. i'm awfully glad i'm a beta, because i don't work so hard. and then we are much better than the gammas and deltas. gammas are stupid. they all wear green, and delta children wear khaki. oh no, i don't want to play with delta children. and epsilons are still worse. they're too stupid to be able to read or write. besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. i'm so glad i'm a beta.
Children Clever Stupid
If you have one article of clothing that's very expensive, you don't have to have the whole ensemble and look like a christmas tree. to wear the clothes, to not let them wear you. and to really remember that clothes are beautiful. it's like are you gonna wear something that people say: "oh that's a great blouse." or are you gonna wear something that people say: "oh you look great today.." .
Beautiful People Tree
You may ask what kind of a republic i dream of. let me reply: i dream of a republic independent, free, and democratic, of a republic economically prosperous and yet socially just; in short, of a humane republic which serves the individual and which therefore holds the hope that the individual will serve it in turn. of a republic of well-rounded people, because without such it is impossible to solve any of our problems, human, economic, ecological, social, or political.
Dream Independent People
If i'm ever working on a set and anyone talks about a master shot, i say there is no master shot. before i even went to film school, i learned about movies by being in a british feature film, where everything was shot master shot, mid-shot, close-up. but i reject the idea of a master shot. you don't shoot everything mechanically; you find imaginative ways that serve the action.
School Action Film
Similar Quotes
I studied japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in tokyo, where i met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha. he and i never discussed his parentage, which was an open secret, but it fascinated me.
Mother Father School
Once you figure out something about the watershed, you'll find out where the schools are going to hell, and the kids aren't learning, and there is no money. social issues, class issues, and environmental issues were all connected.
School Kids Class
In k-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. universities are a bit different because kids actually do pick the university. the bizarre thing, though, is that the merit of university is actually how good the students going in are: the sat scores of the kids going in.
School Kids Different
If anyone is getting industrious trying to enturbulate [sic] or stop scientology or its activities, i can make captain bligh look like a sunday-school teacher. there is probably no limit on what i would do to safeguard man's only road to freedom against persons who ... seek to stop scientology or hurt scientologists.
Teacher Hurt School

Trending Author

Walter Pater
Walter Pater
Earl Monroe
Earl Monroe
Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull
Brittany Murphy
Brittany Murphy
Benny Hill
Benny Hill
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
Category
Information
Inspirational
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Happiness & Joy
Life Lessons
Success & Business
Motivation