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
Even the dumber parts of our government are not run by idiots. These are ordinary people like us, doing a job. By and large, they're trying to do it as well as they can. Or at least as often as people in the private sector try to do as well as they can. P. J. O'Rourke dumbgovernmentidiot share on social
Are you a Democrat because you're a union member? Then why, after eight years of Bill Clinton, does some Chinese guy in Guangdong province have your job? P. J. O'Rourke billchineseclinton 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
People say free trade causes dislocation. In actual fact, it's the lowering of trade barriers that causes the dislocation. P. J. O'Rourke actualbarrierdislocation Change image and share on social
We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this. P. J. O'Rourke britainbritishcountry share on social
Until I carried my wife off to New Hampshire, she defined wilderness as the Bronx. P. J. O'Rourke bronxcarrydefine Change image and share on social
I have never been to a museum in Hong Kong, or a movie or a play. I've never gone club-hopping. I've never taken the tram to Victoria Peak. P. J. O'Rourke clubhavehong Change image and share on social
I come from Toledo, Ohio, a town that has been hurt badly by the shift of the automobile business towards Japan. And yet I remember how the car workers lived in the neighborhood that I grew up in. My father was a car salesman, and I remember how we lived. I remember how modestly we lived. P. J. O'Rourke automobilebadlybusiness share on social
Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy. P. J. O'Rourke facefailurehope Change image and share on social