--- title: "16 Had Quotes By P. J. O'Rourke" description: "16 Had quotes by P. J. O'Rourke. Plus more from P. J. O'Rourke and more Had sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/p-j-o-rourke-184_american_woodstock-had-a-tremendous-impact-on-ame_592162.png" --- > [Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/woodstock-had-a-tremendous-impact-on-american-artistic-life/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/p-j-o-rourke-184_american_woodstock-had-a-tremendous-impact-on-ame_592162.png) > [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) > [Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/disney-s-house-of-the-future-had-the-clean-simplicity-prized-in-the/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/p-j-o-rourke-184_1950s_disney-s-house-of-the-future-had-the-cle_2481083.png) > [I grew up going to public school, and they were huge public schools. I went to a school that had 3,200 kids,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-grew-up-going-to-public-school-and-they-were-huge-public-schools-i/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/p-j-o-rourke-184_classes_i-grew-up-going-to-public-school-and-the_1570795.png) > [I had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-had-always-thought-of-egypt-as-a-rather-secular-country-and-i-think/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/p-j-o-rourke-184_always_i-had-always-thought-of-egypt-as-a-rathe_1173319.png) > [Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/p-j-o-rourke-184_almost_pete-seeger-is-a-modest-unassuming-cheer_20374.png) > [I had a confused early hippie phase, which was like a cafeteria tray of sloppy, semi-Marxist thoughts, absorbed second-hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-had-a-confused-early-hippie-phase-which-was-like-a-cafeteria-tray/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/p-j-o-rourke-184_absorb_i-had-a-confused-early-hippie-phase-whic_898570.png) > [If I were a congressman who had voted for the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, I'd claim it was forced on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/if-i-were-a-congressman-who-had-voted-for-the-american-jobs-creation/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/p-j-o-rourke-184_act_if-i-were-a-congressman-who-had-voted-fo_437742.png) > [Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/funding-for-the-original-manned-voyager-mars-program-was-scratched-in/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/p-j-o-rourke-184_actually_funding-for-the-original-manned-voyager_1606267.png) > [The Communist bloc of old was a study in the failure of failure. Losers in the Soviet economy were the people at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-communist-bloc-of-old-was-a-study-in-the-failure-of-failure/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/p-j-o-rourke-184_communist_the-communist-bloc-of-old-was-a-study-in_1386017.png) > [Like most sensible people, you probably lost interest in modern art about the time that Julian Schnabel was painting broken pieces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/like-most-sensible-people-you-probably-lost-interest-in-modern-art/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/p-j-o-rourke-184_about_like-most-sensible-people-you-probably-l_462089.jpg) > [We print journalists are victims of economic forces beyond our control. We were as surprised as everyone else was by the sudden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/we-print-journalists-are-victims-of-economic-forces-beyond-our/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/p-j-o-rourke-184_analysis_we-print-journalists-are-victims-of-econ_1488867.png) > [The divorce rate in 1946 was higher than it ever had been and as high as it ever would be until the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-divorce-rate-in-1946-was-higher-than-it-ever-had-been-and-as-high/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/p-j-o-rourke-184_been_the-divorce-rate-in-1946-was-higher-than_3105856.png) > [Cars let us out of the barn and, while they were at it, destroyed the American nuclear family. As anyone who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/cars-let-us-out-of-the-barn-and-while-they-were-at-it-destroyed-the/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/p-j-o-rourke-184_american_cars-let-us-out-of-the-barn-and-while-th_2141372.png) > [A friend of mine at the American Enterprise Institute says there are two parties: the silly party and the stupid party. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/a-friend-of-mine-at-the-american-enterprise-institute-says-there-are/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/p-j-o-rourke-184_american_a-friend-of-mine-at-the-american-enterpr_774453.png) > [The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-only-advantage-to-being-a-middle-aged-man-is-that-when-you-put-on/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/p-j-o-rourke-184_actually_the-only-advantage-to-being-a-middle-age_985204.png) ## Other authors on Had ## 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/had/p-j-o-rourke/#itemlist", "name": "16 Had Quotes By P. J. O'Rourke", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "P. J. 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