911 Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

I think every high school student who was alert during the early '60s got very embittered by the slow progress and the violence surrounding the Civil Rights Movement.

I believe that Western civilization, after some disgusting glitches, has become almost civilized. I believe it is our first duty to protect that civilization. I believe it is our second duty to improve it. I believe it is our third duty to extend it if we can.

Global warming is a fact. Now it's up to liberals to make it a reality. Hence there is crucial importance in preventing powerful, greedy free market forces from getting in the way of worsening storms and rising sea levels. The Kyoto Accord is a good first step.

Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America.

I arrived in the middle of a press conference - as boring a thing to sit through if you don't know the language as it is if you do.

Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.

African famine is not a visitation of fate. It is largely man-made, and the men who made it are largely Africans.

A person has got to balance work and life and family in order to be a balanced person.

People are not ants or bees. We do not reason or love or live or die collectively.