Californians are people who insist on growing their own vegetables, but they won't dig up the pretty lawn, won't plant anything for fear of getting dirty, and they use fragrant bath salts from The Body Shop instead of smelly compost. P. J. O'Rourke bathbodycalifornian share on social
The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews. P. J. O'Rourke restaurantreviewstart Change image and share on social
Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising. P. J. O'Rourke amidconservativefundraise Change image and share on social
If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.' P. J. O'Rourke americancommentaryjournalism Change image and share on social
College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions. P. J. O'Rourke backbadlycollege Change image and share on social
More modern poetry is written than read. P. J. O'Rourke modernpoetryread Change image and share on social
You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be. P. J. O'Rourke funhavemotivate Change image and share on social
Corporate corruption has ecological merits. It's helping to preserve that species known as Democrats - thought to be endangered as recently as the year 2000. P. J. O'Rourke corporatecorruptiondemocrat Change image and share on social
Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers. P. J. O'Rourke corporalpunishmentreintroduce 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
