No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it’s probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
P. J. O'ROURKEThe Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.
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Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact.
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas – fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I’m not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
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The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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Call a man ‘ignorant,’ and you have license to show the world your vast fund of knowledge and wise him up.
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Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
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There isn’t much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they’re right.
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There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.
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