The very existence of the bicycle is an offense to reason and wisdom. — P. J. O'Rourke Bicycle Copy Share Image
Self-interest leads to honing your skills, the better to trade with. — P. J. O'Rourke Honing Copy Share Image
When you think of the good old days, think one word: dentistry. — P. J. O'Rourke Dentistry Copy Share Image
I've been a New Yorker for ten years, and the only people who are nice to us turn out to be Moonies. — P. J. O'Rourke New york Copy Share Image
Those who do not know history are probably also not doing well in English or math. P.J. O'Rourke — P. J. O'Rourke History Copy Share Image
Then Saturday Night Live spawns... well, everything right down to American Pie 9, where all humor has to be irrelevant, which can… — P. J. O'Rourke American pie Copy Share Image
Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy. — P. J. O'Rourke Faces Copy Share Image
Any trade that is voluntarily made is mutually beneficial, by definition, and, indeed, is balanced, by definition. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Liberals have a quaint and touching faith that truth is on their side and an even quainter faith that journalists are on… — P. J. O'Rourke Faith Copy Share Image
Cats possess so many of the same qualities as some poeple that it is often hard to tell the people and the… — P. J. O'Rourke Cat Copy Share Image
We'll run this planet as we please, and if you don't like it, go back where we came from. — P. J. O'Rourke Gardening Copy Share Image
If we were to inspect ourselves or members of our family and our friends, we would see that we don't really have… — P. J. O'Rourke Family Copy Share Image
The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according… — P. J. O'Rourke Administration Copy Share Image
The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The key ingredient of politics is the idea that all of society's ills can be cured politically. It's like a cookbook where… — P. J. O'Rourke Cocktails Copy Share Image
Generally it's not a good idea to wear Banana Republic - type khaki journalist clothes in a war zone. You might look… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
With the war in Iraq, I had the cooperation of the Department of Defense. Kuwait was pretty eager to get American journalists… — P. J. O'Rourke Allies Copy Share Image
The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running… — P. J. O'Rourke Afghanistan Copy Share Image
There's nothing inherently lame about electricity. I've got a basement full of power tools that all operate with electricity, and they're manly… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are… — P. J. O'Rourke Alive Copy Share Image
[T]he Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was… — P. J. O'Rourke Abuse Copy Share Image
Wealth is, for most people, the only honest and likely path to liberty. With money comes power over the world. Men are… — P. J. O'Rourke Art Copy Share Image
The prevalence of mobile homes does not correspond with the prevalence of poverty, or with much of anything else. All that can… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza. Every pair of pants, even those… — P. J. O'Rourke Being married Copy Share Image
In the end we beat them with Levi's 501 jeans. Seventy-two years of communist indoctrination and propaganda was drowned out by a… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There's no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn't invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone… — P. J. O'Rourke August Copy Share Image
I'd known the people at Rolling Stone for a while. I'd gone to them with a piece I'd done on Beirut for… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely. — P. J. O'Rourke Cleanliness Copy Share Image
Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad? — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
[Al] Franken is left-wing and funny. He's a pretty good political humorist. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
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