P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
I was told to hand over my disposable lighter, to prevent, I suppose, any threat of "Do what I say or I'll light this Marlboro and you'll all die - in thirty years due to inhalation of secondhand smoke."
Quotes to Explore
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I started composting in 1970 by taking my food scraps out behind where I lived and burying them in a hole next to the railroad tracks - and green things started to grow there!
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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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My first thought is always of light.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Live fast, die young.
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In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.
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What you've got to do is recognize that you don't control everything for a start, you've got to play the cards you're dealt, the hand of cards you're dealt, as best you can, and that's what I always seek to do.
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Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.
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Up until recently, I've always been a vintage store guy. I get a lot of my clothes second hand. I really enjoy being able to look through different styles you can find and how eclectic the vintage store vibe is.
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I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
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It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are so low.
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Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth.
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If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.
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I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny.
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At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it.
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I used to like humorous people in the past, but these days, I like serious people more.
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Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment.
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My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.
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At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.
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There's not a ballpark I've ever played in as a visitor or home that has the historic feel and energy that Fenway Park has.
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Don't fall into the trap of having to have everything perfect to write or wait until the mood strikes you. If you want it as a job, treat it like a job, and just as you don't go to work only when you feel like it, you have to condition yourself to sit and write even when the ideas don't flow.
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Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
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I was told to hand over my disposable lighter, to prevent, I suppose, any threat of "Do what I say or I'll light this Marlboro and you'll all die - in thirty years due to inhalation of secondhand smoke."
