All P.J. O'Rourke Quotes
- Maybe a nation that consumes as much booze and dope as we do and has our kind of divorce statistics should pipe down about "character… Booze
- The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like… Ample
- The preamble to the Constitution states: "We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic… All
- The typical old-fashioned diet (in the nineteenth century) was so bad it almost assembled modern dieting. Assembled
- I like to do my principal research in bars, where people are more likely to tell the truth or, at least, lie less convincingly than… Bars
- In the end we beat them with Levi 501 jeans. Seventy-two years of Communist indoctrination and propaganda was drowned out by a three-ounce Sony Walkman.… Beat
- Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit. Achieve
- Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force. Certain
- I had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of the strictures of… Always Thought
- Fascism is very much a mob movement. Fascism
- Most people sort of enjoy going to work because of the socialisation, a chance to flirt with co-workers and so on, but actually hate the… Actually Hate
- Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no… Best
- I believe in God. God created the world. Believe
- The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin. Bible
- Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders. Few
- Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own… Adam
- Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world. Encompass
- I come from Toledo, Ohio, a town that has been hurt badly by the shift of the automobile business towards Japan. And yet I remember… Automobile
- Guns are the ultimate bulwark against government misbehavior. Bulwark
- I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again. Democrat
- There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud.… All
- The world is being run by irresponsible spoiled brats. Brats
- Lyndon Johnson faced some clear moral issues. Clear
- Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed. Action
- The good thing about SUVs is they have storage. Good