--- title: "14 Left Quotes By P. J. O'Rourke" description: "14 Left quotes by P. J. O'Rourke. Plus more from P. J. O'Rourke and more Left sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/p-j-o-rourke-184_als_al-franken-is-left-wing-and-funny-he-s-a_1874742.png" --- > [ \[Al\] Franken is left-wing and funny. He's a pretty good political humorist. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/al-franken-is-left-wing-and-funny-he-s-a-pretty-good-political/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/p-j-o-rourke-184_als_al-franken-is-left-wing-and-funny-he-s-a_1874742.png) > [Neither conservatives nor humorists believe man is good. But left-wingers do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/neither-conservatives-nor-humorists-believe-man-is-good-but-left/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/p-j-o-rourke-184_believe_neither-conservatives-nor-humorists-beli_374915.png) > [In Japan people drive on the left. In China people drive on the right. In Vietnam it doesn't matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/in-japan-people-drive-on-the-left-in-china-people-drive-on-the-right/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/p-j-o-rourke-184_china_in-japan-people-drive-on-the-left-in-chi_984716.png) > [Industrialization came to England but has since left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/industrialization-came-to-england-but-has-since-left/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/p-j-o-rourke-184_england_industrialization-came-to-england-but-ha_1112147.png) > [Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/barack-obama-is-more-irritating-than-the-other-nuisances-on-the-left/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/p-j-o-rourke-184_barack_barack-obama-is-more-irritating-than-the_1066470.png) > [Conservatives really don't believe in politics as the primary instrument of getting along in life and therefore don't tend to put their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/conservatives-really-don-t-believe-in-politics-as-the-primary/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/p-j-o-rourke-184_along_conservatives-really-don-t-believe-in-po_765118.jpg) > [After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/after-the-events-of-the-20th-century-god-quite-reasonably-left-europe/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/p-j-o-rourke-184_20th-century_after-the-events-of-the-20th-century-god_1682831.png) > [Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/rich-parents-are-famous-both-for-miserliness-and-astonishing/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/p-j-o-rourke-184_astonishing_rich-parents-are-famous-both-for-miserli_2787766.png) > [When I left the Lampoon, I went west to try that out, and discovered that I hated it.They were awful people turning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/when-i-left-the-lampoon-i-went-west-to-try-that-out-and-discovered/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/p-j-o-rourke-184_awful_when-i-left-the-lampoon-i-went-west-to-t_2230615.png) > [A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/a-hat-should-be-taken-off-when-you-greet-a-lady-and-left-off-for-the/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/p-j-o-rourke-184_hat_a-hat-should-be-taken-off-when-you-greet_2663978.png) > [It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/it-could-be-that-all-awful-dictators-are-frustrated-artists-mao-with/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/p-j-o-rourke-184_art_it-could-be-that-all-awful-dictators-are_1258627.png) > [The Lampoon started in 1970, and I began writing freelance for them around the end of 1971, and then all through '72.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-lampoon-started-in-1970-and-i-began-writing-freelance-for-them/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/p-j-o-rourke-184_chiefs_the-lampoon-started-in-1970-and-i-began_304430.png) > [Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/preachers-at-black-churches-are-the-last-people-left-in-the-english/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/p-j-o-rourke-184_antithesis_preachers-at-black-churches-are-the-last_1759870.png) > [The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-importance-of-local-governance-may-not-be-obvious-to-an-america/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/p-j-o-rourke-184_absent_the-importance-of-local-governance-may-n_3088031.png) ## Other authors on Left ## 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/left/p-j-o-rourke/#itemlist", "name": "14 Left Quotes By P. J. O'Rourke", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Al] Franken is left-wing and funny. He's a pretty good political humorist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "P. J. 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