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P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
«One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
annoying, driver, free will, license, licensed, licenses, licensing, remarkable, up on
«Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Discipline,
Parents
| Keywords:
properly
«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 issues.'' Either that or just go ahead and determine the presidency with three-legged races and pie-eating contests. It would make better TV.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
booze, consumes, Contests, dope, go ahead, issues, legged, Our Kind, PIE, pipe, pipe down, presidency, races, the presidency, three-legged
«Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Democracy,
Government,
Parliament
| Keywords:
parliament, parliaments, whores
«Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.»
«Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Christianity
| Keywords:
born-again Christian, born again, Christians, cows, dairy, high-powered, hunting, powered, rifle, rifled, rifles, scope
«After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
champagne, Enjoy Yourself, host, sole, taxi, taxis