65 Quotations by P. J. O'Rourke
- 1. A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing look ...
- 2. A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
- 3. A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be no ...
- 4. After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if t ...
- 5. After all, what is your hosts' purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if t ...
- 6. All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.
- 7. Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
- 8. Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind ha ...
- 9. Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. The ...
- 10. Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial ...
- 11. Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize ...
- 12. Drugs have taught an entire generation of Americans the metric system.
- 13. Even a band of angels can turn ugly and start looting if enough angels are unemployed and hanging ar ...
- 14. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
- 15. Farm policy, although it's complex, can be explained. What it can't be is believed. No cheating spou ...
- 16. Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit l ...
- 17. Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.
- 18. France is like a great compass, which ever way they point to, go the complete opposite direction and ...
- 19. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- 20. Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals ...
P. J. O'rourke Quotes by Power Quotations
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