P. J. O'Rourke Quotes About Comedy
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
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The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.
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America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.
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Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.
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Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
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Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.
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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
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Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.
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