I had a confused early hippie phase, which was like a cafeteria tray of sloppy, semi-Marxist thoughts, absorbed second-hand. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino’s box. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
No doubt the ridiculous politicians are right to like politics. They have found careers in which success can be achieved by being ridiculous. Imagine Jimmy Carter or George W. Bush rising to the top of any other profession. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are – these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
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. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
I think it’s been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning. P. J. O'Rourke Read Quote
