Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do. — P. J. O'Rourke Baby Copy Share Image
Satan probably wouldn't have talked so big if God had been his wife. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The bar is set pretty low if you want to be a hip, accessible conservative. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Raining on parades requires no skill or effort on the part of a politician. — P. J. O'Rourke Effort Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I've decided that my motto in life is "Get off my lawn." It's the right answer to everything. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat -… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If I give up drinking, smoking, and fatty foods, I can add ten years to my life. Trouble is, I'll add it… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
And, by the way, how come all the people who were so in favor of unilateral nuclear disarmament are so opposed to… — P. J. O'Rourke Disarmament Copy Share Image
Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was breaking… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.' — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
In Henry Adams, I discovered not only the prototype of the modern thinker but also someone who is more interesting: a viper-toothed,… — P. J. O'Rourke Aging Copy Share Image
I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Californians are people who insist on growing their own vegetables, but they won't dig up the pretty lawn, won't plant anything for… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound… — P. J. O'Rourke British Copy Share Image
Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It… — P. J. O'Rourke Alcohol Copy Share Image
Moscow has changed. I was here in 1982, during the Brezhnev twilight, and things are better now. For instance, they've got litter.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and… — P. J. O'Rourke Alcoholics Copy Share Image
There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all… — P. J. O'Rourke Change Copy Share Image
Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to… — P. J. O'Rourke Ability Copy Share Image
Bob Wallace was my editor at Rolling Stone when I first started writing there, and he's a wonderful editor. I was in… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There's a lot of debate on this subject - about what kind of car handles best. Some say a a front-engined car,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention… — P. J. O'Rourke America Copy Share Image
Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for… — P. J. O'Rourke Acting Copy Share Image
When [George W.] Bush was elected, I think they thought I would have some sort of special "in" with that administration, to… — P. J. O'Rourke Administration Copy Share Image
Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage.… — P. J. O'Rourke Care Copy Share Image
The only time a bachelor's bed is made is when it's in the factory. — P. J. O'Rourke Bachelor Copy Share Image
The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all. — P. J. O'Rourke Architecture Copy Share Image
![“When [George W.] Bush was elected, I think they thought I would have some sort of special "in" with that administration, to provide some sort of inside poop. Which is not something I'd be interested in doing, and anyway, I didn't. I actually knew more people in his dad's administration. So it was…” quote by P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/624/p-j-o-rourke-184_administration_when-george-w-bush-was-elected-i-think-t_1265391.jpg)
