--- title: "23 Modern Quotes By P. J. O'Rourke" description: "23 Modern quotes by P. J. O'Rourke. Plus more from P. J. O'Rourke and more Modern sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/p-j-o-rourke-184_books_more-modern-poetry-is-written-than-read_1659228.png" --- > [More modern poetry is written than read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/more-modern-poetry-is-written-than-read/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/p-j-o-rourke-184_books_more-modern-poetry-is-written-than-read_1659228.png) > [Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/charles-mccarry-is-the-best-modern-writer-on-the-subject-of-intrigue/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/p-j-o-rourke-184_alan_charles-mccarry-is-the-best-modern-write_1824343.png) > [Not much was really invented during the Renaissance, if you don't count modern civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/not-much-was-really-invented-during-the-renaissance-if-you-don-t/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/p-j-o-rourke-184_civilization_not-much-was-really-invented-during-the_1063828.png) > [Modern air travel means less time spent in transit. That time is now spent in transit lounges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/modern-air-travel-means-less-time-spent-in-transit-that-time-is-now/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/p-j-o-rourke-184_air_modern-air-travel-means-less-time-spent_1484488.png) > [The wonder is that communism lasted so long. But then again, modern poetry lasted a long time, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-wonder-is-that-communism-lasted-so-long-but-then-again-modern/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/p-j-o-rourke-184_communism_the-wonder-is-that-communism-lasted-so-l_3047928.png) > [The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-words-space-age-have-a-quaint-nostalgic-tone-sitting-on/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/p-j-o-rourke-184_age_the-words-space-age-have-a-quaint-nostal_99150.png) > [The typical old-fashioned diet (in the nineteenth century) was so bad it almost assembled modern dieting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-typical-old-fashioned-diet-in-the-nineteenth-century-was-so-bad/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/p-j-o-rourke-184_century_the-typical-old-fashioned-diet-in-the-ni_2983797.png) > [You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/you-can-t-shame-or-humiliate-modern-celebrities-what-used-to-be/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/p-j-o-rourke-184_acceptance_you-can-t-shame-or-humiliate-modern-cele_466709.png) > [There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/there-are-twenty-seven-specific-complaints-against-the-british-crown/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/p-j-o-rourke-184_british_there-are-twenty-seven-specific-complain_469978.jpg) > [I am a journalist and, under the modern journalist's code of Olympian objectivity (and total purity of motive), I am absolved of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-am-a-journalist-and-under-the-modern-journalist-s-code-of-olympian/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/p-j-o-rourke-184_code_i-am-a-journalist-and-under-the-modern-j_3214367.png) > [There are artists with palettes and easels selling the kind of modern art that Soviet art critics used to critique with bulldozers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/there-are-artists-with-palettes-and-easels-selling-the-kind-of-modern/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/p-j-o-rourke-184_art_there-are-artists-with-palettes-and-ease_2563360.png) > [The Greenpeace booth at all the rock and roll shows nowadays are akin to the old sorcerers who used to stand in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-greenpeace-booth-at-all-the-rock-and-roll-shows-nowadays-are-akin/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/p-j-o-rourke-184_america_the-greenpeace-booth-at-all-the-rock-and_1196999.png) > [The people I see on bicycles look like organic-gardening zealots who advocate federal regulation of bedtime and want American foreign policy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-people-i-see-on-bicycles-look-like-organic-gardening-zealots-who/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/p-j-o-rourke-184_america_the-people-i-see-on-bicycles-look-like-o_1483245.png) > [We are a nation that worships speed and power. And for good reason. Without power we would still be part of England…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/we-are-a-nation-that-worships-speed-and-power-and-for-good-reason/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/p-j-o-rourke-184_bicycle_we-are-a-nation-that-worships-speed-and_659480.png) > [Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/modern-elites-live-in-bubbles-of-liberal-affluence-like-ann-arbor/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/p-j-o-rourke-184_affluence_modern-elites-live-in-bubbles-of-liberal_2087856.jpg) > [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) > [Now for good or ill, California is the place where trends tend to be set in Western civilization - if civilization indeed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/now-for-good-or-ill-california-is-the-place-where-trends-tend-to-be/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/p-j-o-rourke-184_america_now-for-good-or-ill-california-is-the-pl_1537123.png) > [So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/p-j-o-rourke-184_america_so-called-western-civilization-as-practi_15306.png) > [It is easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/it-is-easy-to-understand-why-the-cat-has-eclipsed-the-dog-as-modern/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/p-j-o-rourke-184_america_it-is-easy-to-understand-why-the-cat-has_1318323.jpg) > [In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/p-j-o-rourke-184_america_in-comparative-terms-there-s-no-poverty_4439.png) > [Cats are to dogs what modern people are to the people we used to have. Cats are slimmer, cleaner, more attractive, disloyal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/cats-are-to-dogs-what-modern-people-are-to-the-people-we-used-to-have/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/p-j-o-rourke-184_america_cats-are-to-dogs-what-modern-people-are_1026218.png) > [There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/there-are-twenty-seven-specific-complaints-against-the-british-crown-2/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/p-j-o-rourke-184_british_there-are-twenty-seven-specific-complain_2252428.png) > [In Henry Adams, I discovered not only the prototype of the modern thinker but also someone who is more interesting: a viper-toothed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/in-henry-adams-i-discovered-not-only-the-prototype-of-the-modern/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/p-j-o-rourke-184_aging_in-henry-adams-i-discovered-not-only-the_1209006.png) ## Other authors on Modern ## 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/modern/p-j-o-rourke/#itemlist", "name": "23 Modern Quotes By P. J. O'Rourke", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "More modern poetry is written than read.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "P. J. 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