People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free market is a bathroom scale, it is a measuring tape, it's simply a measurement. P. J. O'Rourke bathroomcreedfree Change image and share on social
Bill Clinton is not a hypocrite. If a man believes that it is just and moral to redistribute wealth, there is nothing hypocritical in his attempts to redistribute some of that wealth to himself. P. J. O'Rourke attemptbelievebill Change image and share on social
Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they're right. P. J. O'Rourke eastexplainmiddle Change image and share on social
Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy. P. J. O'Rourke debateforumphilosophy Change image and share on social
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
Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war. P. J. O'Rourke 1950scauseclean Change image and 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
I had a confused early hippie phase, which was like a cafeteria tray of sloppy, semi-Marxist thoughts, absorbed second-hand. P. J. O'Rourke absorbcafeteriaconfuse Change image and share on social
America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don't think that way. We don't think much at all, thank God. P. J. O'Rourke americagodnation Change image and share on social