P. J. O'Rourke Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Government, Feel Good, Feelings

  "Don't Give Up on ObamaCare Yet, Republicans" by David Harsanyi, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 28, 2013.

• Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Death, Fathers Day, Children

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.117, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

• Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Pregnancy, Young Parents

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.118, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

• The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Kids, Three, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  America, Comedy, Wells

• I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Stupid, Silly, Thinking

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer”, p.94, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

• Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Wife, Dating, Advice

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.23, Atlantic Books Ltd

• Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Children, Divorce, Pawns

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.123, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

• If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Government, Liberty, Would Be

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut”, p.228, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

• The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Witty, Government, Political

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.14, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

• There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Growth, Comedy, Kind

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.257, Atlantic Books Ltd

• A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Way, Comedy, Quiet

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.10, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

• There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Women, Comedy, Dies

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.95, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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