911 Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

I'm really tired of virtue.

Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else.

You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.

B students work for C students. A students teach.

I'm too tough and sensitive to have to have some pubescent twerp with his mom's earring in his tongue, who combs his hair with Redi-Whip and has an Ani DiFranco tattoo on his shin, come show me how a computer works.

Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.

The idea of a world where all people are alike - in wealth or in anything else - is a fantasy for the stupid.

Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class.

One of the reporters must have flunked journalism school because he asked a question that went straight to the point.