What Enron was doing, what caused investors to embrace it in a rapture of baffled awe, was hiding debt. P. J. O'Rourke awebafflecause Change image and share on social
A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too. P. J. O'Rourke famousquietrelative Change image and share on social
I don't think anybody's really been successful with theorizing about value or creating a price theory. P. J. O'Rourke createpricesuccessful Change image and share on social
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. P. J. O'Rourke coherentcreepcripple share on social
The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise. P. J. O'Rourke adventureamericanbad share on social
The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can't do, shouldn't do, had better not do very often or do for too long as we get older. The body makes its presence known. P. J. O'Rourke bodyforeverlesson share on social
Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed. P. J. O'Rourke actioncollectioncommittee 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
