There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since. — P. J. O'Rourke Israel Copy Share Image
Mercedes Benz : A mechanical device that increases sexual arousal in women. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
[Michael] Moore doesn't really use his sense of humor that much. — P. J. O'Rourke Comedy Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent! — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom. — P. J. O'Rourke Baby Copy Share Image
Maybe a nation that consumes as much booze and dope as we do and has our kind of divorce statistics should pipe… — P. J. O'Rourke Booze Copy Share Image
Fretting about overpopulation, is a perfect guilt-free— indeed, sanctimonious— way for progressives to be racists. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Maybe climate change is a threat, and maybe climate change has been tarted up by climatologists trolling for research grant cash. It… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among people. No one should be too rich. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
East Germany was so total in its totalitarianism that everything was banned which wasn't compulsory. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
[ I'm] humorist, I guess. Or really more of a reporter. A reporter who reports on funny things. — P. J. O'Rourke Funny things Copy Share Image
I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
No doubt the ridiculous politicians are right to like politics. They have found careers in which success can be achieved by being… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There was an austerely dignified award ceremony. By that I mean we had to buy our own drinks - in clear violation… — P. J. O'Rourke Award ceremonies Copy Share Image
The problem isn't a Congress that won't cut spending or a president who won't raise taxes. The problem is an American public… — P. J. O'Rourke Congress Copy Share Image
You read [Bill ] Maher's book, and he didn't take Econ 101. All his arguments about gasoline, it's not that they're right… — P. J. O'Rourke Argument Copy Share Image
The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
We loved cars until the '70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup holders. Most of it has… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Vietnamese Hoa were merchants and manufacturers. They were very successful and thus, according to the logic of Marxism, responsible for society's… — P. J. O'Rourke Army Copy Share Image
We have no one to blame for the Kennedys but ourselves. We took the Kennedys to heart of our own accord. And… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now. You've probably never… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Sheep farming is heavily subsidized in Great Britain. Without the subsidies, the green grazing in the valley of the River Exe would… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Seriously. It was running out at Rolling Stone. First of all, they didn't feel the need for a dissident conservative voice in… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Arab peoples possess an ancient and highly developed civilization that is in many ways more sophisticated than our own. For instance,… — P. J. O'Rourke Algebra Copy Share Image
I'd like to end the book a lot of ways. Except I don't have any answers. Use your common sense. Be nice.… — P. J. O'Rourke Acting Copy Share Image
Government usually doesn't work. It doesn't work because it is political. People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need… — P. J. O'Rourke Differences Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need a B-2 bomber and sometimes you need your mother. — P. J. O'Rourke Bomber Copy Share Image
The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image