Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it. P. J. O'Rourke americandiligentlygood Change image and share on social
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to. P. J. O'Rourke behaviorculminatedrink Change image and share on social
Like most sensible people, you probably lost interest in modern art about the time that Julian Schnabel was painting broken pieces of the crockery that his wife had thrown at him for painting broken pieces of crockery instead of painting the bathroom and hall. P. J. O'Rourke artbathroombreak share on social
Philosophy was once considered science. P. J. O'Rourke considerphilosophyscience Change image and share on social
Writing on a computer makes saving what's been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory. P. J. O'Rourke computercomputerizecrumple share on social
If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. P. J. O'Rourke governmentillegalproduct Change image and share on social
For decades in America, there has been an effort to ensure that the rights of those who are not sane are the same as the rights of those who are. P. J. O'Rourke americadecadeeffort Change image and share on social
Space has always been confusing to politics. P. J. O'Rourke confusepoliticspace Change image and share on social
Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks. P. J. O'Rourke antithesisbagblack share on social
