Will Generation X and the Millennials do a better job running the world than the boomers have? Let's hope so. P. J. O'Rourke boomergenerationhope Change image and share on social
The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich. P. J. O'Rourke administrationbadgood Change image and share on social
The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it. P. J. O'Rourke actconcertgovernment Change image and share on social
I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning. P. J. O'Rourke churchdifferenceevil share on social
Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution. P. J. O'Rourke adamfactfailure 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
Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it. P. J. O'Rourke americandiligentlygood 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
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to. P. J. O'Rourke behaviorculminatedrink 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
