P J O Rourke Famous Quotes
"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators."
"Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government do it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy."
"A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them."
Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
"The preamble to the Constitution states We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare... It doesn't say guarantee the general welfare. And it certainly doesn't say give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV."
"There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible."
"Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power."
Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
Politicians are interested in people. Not that it is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.
"Skiing consists of wearing 3,000 worth of clothes and equipment and driving 200 miles in the snow in order to stand around at a bar and drink."
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.
Never fight an inanimate object.
Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.
"Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs."
With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.
P J O Rourke Quotations
"On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions it is the best refreshment on the journey and it is the greatest property."
Buddha
"Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice take each man's censure but reserve thy judgement."
William Shakespeare
"Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible."
Mao Zedong
"In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable."
Alexis Carrel
Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
Publilius Syrus
"The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education."
Maya Angelou
I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
"Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness."
Martin Luther
"A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success."
Otto von Bismark
"All the fundamental concepts which make up the kind of people we are today had their modern conception in the Tudor and Stuart periods. For us, that's the milk in the coconut."
Louis Booker Wright