If you think health care is expensive now, just wait ’til it’s free. P. J. O'ROURKE ExpensiveFreeNowThink
Adam Smith’s huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution. P. J. O'ROURKE ForcesHugeIndustrial
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. P. J. O'ROURKE LongMarriedTer
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'ROURKE GivePoerTeenageWhiskey
In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of ‘I hate strangers and anything that’s different.’ P. J. O'ROURKE AnythingConservatismForm
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren’t present. P. J. O'ROURKE FlatterGossipObject
If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat – in other words, turn you into an adult. P. J. O'ROURKE OtherSlowSpoilWord
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going. P. J. O'ROURKE CameFormGoKnowTell
Southern California is a nice place, if you could cut out the show-business cancer. It just keeps spreading. P. J. O'ROURKE CancerNiceSouthern
Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper. P. J. O'ROURKE MessyPatternWallpaper
