P.J. O'Rourke Quotes

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

“Change” has a warm, vernal sound at age twenty-two. Then comes a day when all the word brings to mind is “any change in a wart or mole… “

It is easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America’s favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats are mean […]

No one is fond of taking responsibility for his actions, but consider how much you’d have to hate free will to come up with a political platform that advocates killing unborn babies but not convicted murderers. A callous pragmatist might favor abortion and capital punishment. A devout Christian would sanction neither. But it takes years […]

Canadians don’t deal with the same kind of health care problems and traumas we face. They have a health care system based on treating hockey injuries and curing sinus infections that come from trying to pronounce French vowels.

Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.

When buying and selling are legislated, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

In what is widely regarded to be the largest ever attempt at a leveraged buy-out, Donald Trump today announced that if everyone in the world would lend him all the money they have, he will buy everything they own.

After all, what is your hosts’ purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they’d have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

Women are successful in the business world because the business world was created by men. Men are babies. And women are – Good With Kids.