All P.J. O'Rourke Quotes
- As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when… All
- My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're… Both
- One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle… Capacity
- Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite… Endless
- The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can't do, shouldn't do, had better not do very often… All
- The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the… Alive
- The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they… Adventure
- I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?'… Art
- Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons… Draw
- No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all… All
- People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger… Absolutely
- There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly… All
- People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free market is a… Bathroom
- You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to go to Beirut… All
- Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over… Achieve
- There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive"… Advocating
- Politicians are wonderful people as longa as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living. From
- Drugs have taught an entire generation of kids the metric system Drug
- It's better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money. Better
- If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. Care
- The second item in the liberal creed, after self-righteousness, is unaccountability. Liberals have invented whole college majors--psychology, sociology, women's studies--to prove that nothing is anybody's… Abortion
- The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there… Except
- The college idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses… Absolutely
- People are all exactly alike. There's no such thing as a race and barely such a thing as an ethnic group. If we were dogs,… Aborigine
- Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. Democracy