Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics. — P. J. O'Rourke Economics Copy Share Image
The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders. — P. J. O'Rourke Borders Copy Share Image
Then there was LSD, which was supposed to make you think you could fly. I remember it made you think you couldn't… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
People are not ants or bees. We do not reason or love or live or die collectively. — P. J. O'Rourke Ants Copy Share Image
Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact. — P. J. O'Rourke Being a mom Copy Share Image
Taxi drivers all over the world, by the way, are under Newspaper Guild contract to give easy quotes to foreign correspondents. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're… — P. J. O'Rourke Abstract Copy Share Image
I was managing editor for a while [in National Lampoon ], and it does cause business problems when your circulation goes up. — P. J. O'Rourke Business Copy Share Image
Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Some people have facts; these can be proven. Some people have theories; these can be disproven. But people with opinions are mindless… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
By the end of the 1950s, American cars were so reliable that their reliability went without saying even in car ads. Thousands… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The day was warm and clear. Kids were playing soccer in the parking lots and women were sunning their babies and having… — P. J. O'Rourke Baby Copy Share Image
That doesn't mean that you should just sit back and just let accidents happen to you. No, you have to go out… — P. J. O'Rourke Accidents Copy Share Image
The anti-individualist enemies that Ayn Rand battled are still the enemy, but they've shifted their line of attack. Political collectivists are no… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Off they go on this sort of camping trip to Iwo Jima, where they're taken around and shown where all the battles… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than… — P. J. O'Rourke America Copy Share Image
…the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Remember that all tax revenue is the result of holding a gun to somebody's head. Not paying taxes is against the law.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Mankind has invested more than four million years of evolution in the attempt to avoid physical exertion. Now a group of backward-thinking… — P. J. O'Rourke Ashes Copy Share Image
This going on and on about how terrible a carbon-based economy is, these people are full of crap. They don't know what… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Ever read any [Friedrich] Hayek? He's great. The Road To Serfdom is like... I'm not a big political-science reader, but I actually… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I like the fact that they still run substantive pieces. I'm not sure I like the pieces, but it's nice that they… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Germans respond well to lies. At least, they always have historically. — P. J. O'Rourke Funny Copy Share Image
Dating is the social engagement with the threat of sex at its conclusion. — P. J. O'Rourke Conclusion Copy Share Image
My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
When I get in deep water, I prefer to announce that I'm in over my head. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race — P. J. O'Rourke Authority Copy Share Image
People shouldn't be treated like objects. They aren't that valuable. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
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