The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
P. J. O'ROURKEThe whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
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Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
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Liberals have invented whole college majors – psychology, sociology and women’s studies – to prove that nothing is anybody’s fault.
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Rich people don’t like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don’t go in much for revolution or terrorism, either.
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Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
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The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to.
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The budget doesn’t have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn’t have much control over the budget.
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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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A humorist doesn’t really do that much note-taking.
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The 1960s was an era of big thoughts. And yet, amazingly, each of these thoughts could fit on a T-shirt.
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Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
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Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I’ve been able to convince all three of my children to become investment bankers.
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