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P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Humor is, by its nature, more truthful than factual. Humor is, by its nature, more truthful than factual.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews. The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face? How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face?
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering. Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Anything that makes your mother cry is fun Anything that makes your mother cry is fun
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is. Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Who does Bill Clinton think got off the boat and stepped on Plymouth Rock? Peace Corps volunteers? Who does Bill Clinton think got off the boat and stepped on Plymouth Rock? Peace Corps volunteers?
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.' I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The wonder is that communism lasted so long. But then again, modern poetry lasted a long time, too. The wonder is that communism lasted so long. But then again, modern poetry lasted a long time, too.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: If the Japanese want to be taken seriously as world financial powers, they'd better quit using the same tailor as variety show chimps. If the Japanese want to be taken seriously as world financial powers, they'd better quit using the same tailor as variety show chimps.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer. I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I remember thinking cocaine was subtle until I noticed I'd been awake for three weeks and didn't know any of the naked people passed out around me. I remember thinking cocaine was subtle until I noticed I'd been awake for three weeks and didn't know any of the naked people passed out around me.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The typical old-fashioned diet (in the nineteenth century) was so bad it almost assembled modern dieting. The typical old-fashioned diet (in the nineteenth century) was so bad it almost assembled modern dieting.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Not being a liberal, I have very little grasp of things that I know nothing about. Not being a liberal, I have very little grasp of things that I know nothing about.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Chinese economic development has cost many American workers their jobs. That's the price of progress. Chinese economic development has cost many American workers their jobs. That's the price of progress.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad. I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad. The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too. A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters. Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I am unboreable in the great outdoors. I am unboreable in the great outdoors.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants. The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less. Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: My generation of Americans was the first to really care about racism and sexism, not to mention the I Ching, plus, of course, the Earth. My generation of Americans was the first to really care about racism and sexism, not to mention the I Ching, plus, of course, the Earth.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things. Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money. There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers. Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else. Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir. Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Fishing is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait. Fishing is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money. Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs. The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more. There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Tabasco sauce is to bachelor cooking what forgiveness is to sin. Tabasco sauce is to bachelor cooking what forgiveness is to sin.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: If we do our deficit spending on weapons, at least we get weapons. Then if we need weapons, we have them. If we don't need them, no harm is done. If we do our deficit spending on weapons, at least we get weapons. Then if we need weapons, we have them. If we don't need them, no harm is done.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: There can be no greater sacrifice than that a man lay down his lifestyle for others. And There can be no greater sacrifice than that a man lay down his lifestyle for others. And
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Politicians are always interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs. Politicians are always interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Intelligence collection has been given an additional bureaucracy to correct the problems created by too much bureaucracy in intelligence collection. Intelligence collection has been given an additional bureaucracy to correct the problems created by too much bureaucracy in intelligence collection.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is. Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots. The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The 1960s was an era of big thoughts. And yet, amazingly, each of these thoughts could fit on a T-shirt. The 1960s was an era of big thoughts. And yet, amazingly, each of these thoughts could fit on a T-shirt.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Taxi drivers all over the world, by the way, are under Newspaper Guild contract to give easy quotes to foreign correspondents. Taxi drivers all over the world, by the way, are under Newspaper Guild contract to give easy quotes to foreign correspondents.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America. In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.' The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.'
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Wearing a hat implies that you are bald if you are a man and that your hair is dirty if you are a woman. Wearing a hat implies that you are bald if you are a man and that your hair is dirty if you are a woman.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking, if it hadn't been for girls. My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking, if it hadn't been for girls.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I don't understand anything about America's culture. I don't understand anything about America's culture.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Political leaders are expert at saying nothing. Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he's saving a parking place. When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he's saving a parking place.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living. In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words. I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: President Obama has contempt for real money. President Obama has contempt for real money.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done. All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world. Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: War diminishes both civil and economic rights. War diminishes both civil and economic rights.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Mistreatment of al Qaeda members and their friends and hangers-on is something I number among my moral concerns. But it's number 1,000,000,001. Mistreatment of al Qaeda members and their friends and hangers-on is something I number among my moral concerns. But it's number 1,000,000,001.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be? Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The real alternative to power of the rich is not power of the poor. It's just plain power. The real alternative to power of the rich is not power of the poor. It's just plain power.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom. Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army. One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: You can keep the dining room clean by eating in the kitchen. You can keep the dining room clean by eating in the kitchen.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Harvard is the home of American ideas. Harvard is the home of American ideas.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter. I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I'm really tired of virtue. I'm really tired of virtue.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods. Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force. Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money. When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The sternest commissar and the wildest hippie both share the same daydream: that a thing can be worth other than people are willing to give for it. The sternest commissar and the wildest hippie both share the same daydream: that a thing can be worth other than people are willing to give for it.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin. The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself. Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be. You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The Russians could have some (warheads) aimed at Japan, so if we act up they can destroy our economy. The Russians could have some (warheads) aimed at Japan, so if we act up they can destroy our economy.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative. Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life. Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue. Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now. I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger. I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class. Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself. There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Sucking the fun out of life has always been an important component of politics. Sucking the fun out of life has always been an important component of politics.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: God has no role to play in politics except to make sure politicians go where they belong. To hell. God has no role to play in politics except to make sure politicians go where they belong. To hell.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Fretting about overpopulation, is a perfect guilt-free - indeed, sanctimonious - way for progressives to be racists. Fretting about overpopulation, is a perfect guilt-free - indeed, sanctimonious - way for progressives to be racists.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen. Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Imagine having journalists in your own home and not even covering the furniture with plastic sheets first. Imagine having journalists in your own home and not even covering the furniture with plastic sheets first.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: More modern poetry is written than read. More modern poetry is written than read.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again. I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: How did an allegedly free people spawn a vast, rampant cuttlefish of dominion with its tentacles in every orifice of the body politic? How did an allegedly free people spawn a vast, rampant cuttlefish of dominion with its tentacles in every orifice of the body politic?
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: The average IQ in America is - and this can be proven mathematically - average. The average IQ in America is - and this can be proven mathematically - average.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America. Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: In thirteen years, every aspect of the universe can change - ask a thirteen-year-old. In thirteen years, every aspect of the universe can change - ask a thirteen-year-old.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States. After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming. Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Only one way to cover a story like this, and make that a double, bartender, please. Only one way to cover a story like this, and make that a double, bartender, please.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Ending wars is very simple if you surrender. Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones. Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world. We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world.
P. J. O'Rourke quotes: Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer. Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer.

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