--- title: "8 Everybody Quotes By P. J. O'Rourke" description: "8 Everybody quotes by P. J. O'Rourke. Plus more from P. J. O'Rourke and more Everybody sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/p-j-o-rourke-184_everybody_everybody-is-xenophobic-to-an-extent-207_207397.png" --- > [Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/everybody-is-xenophobic-to-an-extent/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/p-j-o-rourke-184_everybody_everybody-is-xenophobic-to-an-extent-207_207397.png) > [Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they're right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/everybody-in-the-middle-east-wants-to-explain-why-they-re-right/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/p-j-o-rourke-184_east_everybody-in-the-middle-east-wants-to-ex_357640.png) > [Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/everybody-in-america-who-didn-t-come-over-the-bering-strait-ice/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/p-j-o-rourke-184_america_everybody-in-america-who-didn-t-come-ove_443119.png) > [As a longtime former resident of 15 years in Washington, I wish that everybody would stay off the Mall with their political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/as-a-longtime-former-resident-of-15-years-in-washington-i-wish-that/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/p-j-o-rourke-184_cause_as-a-longtime-former-resident-of-15-year_1801697.jpg) > [Liberals are always proposing perfectly insane ideas, laws that will make everybody happy, laws that will make everything right, make us live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/liberals-are-always-proposing-perfectly-insane-ideas-laws-that-will/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/p-j-o-rourke-184_always_liberals-are-always-proposing-perfectly_1820679.png) > [Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/everybody-with-a-gun-has-a-checkpoint-in-lebanon-and-in-lebanon-you-d/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/p-j-o-rourke-184_amendment_everybody-with-a-gun-has-a-checkpoint-in_1978370.jpg) > [I think the Baby Boom does have a tendency to get its nose in everything. The Greatest Generation had a better tendency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-think-the-baby-boom-does-have-a-tendency-to-get-its-nose-in/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/p-j-o-rourke-184_alone_i-think-the-baby-boom-does-have-a-tenden_2031161.png) > [The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-real-purpose-of-welfare-is-to-get-rid-of-poor-people-entirely/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/p-j-o-rourke-184_bad_the-real-purpose-of-welfare-is-to-get-ri_2954122.jpg) ## Other authors on Everybody ## More by P. J. O'Rourke > [I'm fascinated by political enthusiasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-m-fascinated-by-political-enthusiasm/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/in-comparative-terms-there-s-no-poverty-in-america-by-a-long-shot/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-democrats-said-we-don-t-know-what-s-wrong-with-america-but-we-can/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/at-epcot-center-the-disney-corporation-has-focused-its-attention-on/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/so-called-western-civilization-as-practised-in-half-of-europe-some-of/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/my-whole-family-can-talk-they-are-all-car-salesmen-they-are-all-funny/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/it-was-ronald-reagan-who-used-to-say-that-the-10-most-frightening/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/gun-violence-has-cost-us-too-many-political-leaders-and-hardly-ever/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/pete-seeger-is-a-modest-unassuming-cheerful-and-kind-natured-man-he-s/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/journalists-are-notoriously-easy-to-kid-all-you-have-to-do-is-speak/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-like-to-think-of-my-behavior-in-the-sixties-as-a-learning/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-ll-be-56-this-year-i-ve-got-two-kids-and-i-think-it-s-probably-time/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [Something that comes to us, some gym shoe that comes to us as a result of child labor from a brutal dictatorship, where people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/something-that-comes-to-us-some-gym-shoe-that-comes-to-us-as-a-result/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/russians-not-only-vehemently-despise-blacks-they-believe-africa/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) > [Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/now-do-i-think-the-baby-boomers-tend-to-be-self-absorbed-i-do/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/everybody/p-j-o-rourke/#itemlist", "name": "8 Everybody Quotes By P. J. O'Rourke", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "P. J. 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