P. J. O'Rourke Quotes About Food
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Modern air travel means less time spent in transit. That time is now spent in transit lounges.
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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.
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Veal is a very young beef and, like a very young girlfriend, it's cute but boring and expensive.
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I was told to hand over my disposable lighter, to prevent, I suppose, any threat of "Do what I say or I'll light this Marlboro and you'll all die - in thirty years due to inhalation of secondhand smoke."
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Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.
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A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts never do.
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Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
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Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
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The French are sawed-off sissies who eat snails and slugs and cheese that smells like people's feet. Utter cowards who force their own children to drink wine, they gibber like baboons even when you try to speak to them in their own wimpy language.
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