460 Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke

Smoking is very bad for you and should only be done because it looks so good. People who don’t smoke have a terrible time finding something polite to do with their lips.

Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I’m worried about the difference between wrong and fun.

A charity ball is like a dance except it’s tax deductible.

That happy sense of purpose people have when standing up for a principle they haven’t really been knocked down for yet.

I can think of a number of areas in New York where three acres of nuclear waste would make the neighborhood safer to walk around in than it is now, and better lit.

Commies love concrete.

Vegetables are something God invented to let women get even with their children.

I’ve been a New Yorker for ten years, and the only people who are nice to us turn out to be Moonies.

To mistrust science and deny the validity of the scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You’d better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.