Top 481 Quotes by P. J. O'Rourke

About P. J. O'Rourke

These are some quotes by American author P. J. O'Rourke Comedian, who was born on November 14, 1947.

One nice thing about making jokes is that you don't have to prove them.

One nice thing about making jokes is that you don't have to prove them.

P. J. O'Rourke

Popular culture has become engorged, broadening and thickening until it's the only culture anyone notices.

Popular culture has become engorged, broadening and thickening until it's the only culture anyone notices.

P. J. O'Rourke

Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.

Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.

P. J. O'Rourke

There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election.

There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election.

P. J. O'Rourke

Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.

Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.

P. J. O'Rourke

The one thing that's terrible about traveling for fun is writing about it.

The one thing that's terrible about traveling for fun is writing about it.

P. J. O'Rourke

Sheep farming is heavily subsidized in Great Britain. Without the subsidies, the green grazing in the valley of the River Exe would be gone. The handsome agricultural landscape of which the British are so proud, carefully husbanded since Boudicca's day, would be replaced by natural growth. The most likely growth is real-estate developments.

P. J. O'Rourke

I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.

I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.

P. J. O'Rourke

Stupid is a great force in human affairs.

Stupid is a great force in human affairs.

P. J. O'Rourke

Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.

Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.

P. J. O'Rourke

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