Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults as rotten SOB's, given to fistfights, gunplay, and other mayhem. Kids who believe this about grownups aren't likely to argue about bedtime.

Quote by P J O'Rourke

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

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I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and...

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage...

Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand,...

Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand,...

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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.

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I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.

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No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for...

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Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults...

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Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does...

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Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This...

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores...

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores...

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative....

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative....

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Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does...

Never wear anything that panics the cat.

Never wear anything that panics the cat.

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What use is it to endure the Dutch Rubs and Indian Rope Burns that are...

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Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a...

The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a...