911 Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit

Fishing is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.

The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much we can stand. But the real problem is that government is boring. We could cure or mitigate the other ills Washington visits on us if we could only bring ourselves to pay attention to Washington itself. But we cannot.

The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants.

I believe in God. God created the world.

Inside every Sancho Panza there's a Don Quixote struggling to get out.

TV ushered in the age of postliteracy. And we have gone so far beyond that. I mean, what with the Internet and Google and Wikipedia. We have entered the age of post-intelligence.

I have a 10 year old at home, and she is always saying, 'That's not fair.' When she says that, I say, "Honey, you're cute; that's not fair. Your family is pretty well off; that's not fair. You were born in America; that's not fair. Honey, you had better pray to God that things don't start getting fair for you.

The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.