“The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.”
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Famous P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
Source: Holidays in Hell
Source: Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks,
“Humor is, by its nature, more truthful than factual.”
Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
Source: Holidays in Hell
“Walt is dead. And, after a couple of hours at Epcot, you'll wish you were, too.”
Source: Holidays in Hell
Source: Holidays in Hell
“Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.”
Source: The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig
“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”
Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
“Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.”
“Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.”
Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
“Never fight an inanimate object.”
Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus
Source: Modern manners
Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
“Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.”
Source: The Enemies List
“It's better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money.”
Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
Source: Modern manners
Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
Source: The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig
“Remember, your body needs 6 to 8 glasses of fluid daily. Straight up or on the rocks.”
Source: The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig
Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus
Source: The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig
Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty
“Long conversations with pals when neither you nor they have had a drink can be a test of palship.”
Source: Peace Kills
Source: The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig
“The Australian language is easier to learn than boat talk. It has a vocabulary of about six words.”
Source: Holidays in Hell
“Mercedes Benz : A mechanical device that increases sexual arousal in women.”
Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader
Source: The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig
“I don't think I'll ever be a real boat reporter. My Rolex isn't big enough.”
Source: Holidays in Hell
Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus
Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus
“There are a lot of mysterious things about boats, such as why anyone would get on one voluntarily.”
Source: Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks,
Source: Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks,
Source: Peace Kills
Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus
Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty
Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty
Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty
Source: Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer
Source: Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer