"I was told to hand over my disposable……" — P.J. O'Rourke

"I was told to hand over my disposable lighter, to prevent, I suppose, any threat of "Do what I say or I'll light this Marlboro and you'll all die - in thirty years due to inhalation of secondhand smoke.""

— P.J. O'Rourke

578 Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke

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Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your…
Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go…
There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it…
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The…
Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
Remember, your body needs 6 to 8 glasses of fluid daily. Straight up or on the rocks.
Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very…
You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak -…

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English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based… — Bill Bryson
Why does a tragedy like 9/11 change everything about air travel, but numerous gun massacres CHANGE NOTHING? — Justine Bateman
Air travel efficiency would improve if more travelers started going to less popular places. — Dan Quayle
My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and… — Pico Iyer
The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating… — Virginia Postrel
It was over in a blink of an eye, that moment when aviation stirred the modern imagination. Aviation was transformed… — George Will
Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my… — Erica Jong
Air travel reminds us who we are. It's the means by which we recognize ourselves as modern. The process removes… — Don DeLillo
There is no reason why we shouldn't be able to split an infinitive, any more than we should forsake instant… — Bill Bryson
A world with a sudden limit on air travel would be tremendously different from the one we live in now. — Charles C. Mann
As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window. I asked… — Bob Hope
There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip. — Bob Hope

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