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The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig

Book by P. J. O'Rourke · 6 quotes · Funny, Children, Bachelors

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“Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.”

“A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts never do.”

“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.”

“This is the most elaborate and luxurious method of convincing others that you can cook. Take everybody out on your yacht until they're green in the face. Then you can rave for weeks about your sauce marinara and no one will gainsay you.”