The bullying of citizens by means of dreads and fights has been going on since paleolithic times. Greenpeace fund-raisers on the subject of global warming are not much different than the tribal Wizards on the subject of lunar eclipses. 'Oh no, Night Wolf is eating the Moon Virgin. Give me silver and I will make him spit her out.

P.J. O'Rourke


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When are the world's political parties going to get appropriate symbols: snake, louse, jackal, ... trash can, clown face, ... dollar bill with bat wings on it?

P.J. O'Rourke


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Schneider has made a career of telling the public that the climate is going to change drastically, and indeed every spring and fall he's been right.

P.J. O'Rourke


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One of the problems with being a writer is that all of your idiocies are still in print somewhere. I strongly support paper recycling.

P.J. O'Rourke

Tags: humour



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The proper behaviour all through the holiday season is to be drunk. The drunkenness culminates on New Years’ Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to.

P.J. O'Rourke

Tags: love drunkenness new-years new-years-eve



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Everyone with any sense and experience in life would rather take his fellows one by one than in a crowd. Crowds are noisy, unreasonable and impatient. They can trample you easier than a single person can. And a crowd will never buy you lunch.

P.J. O'Rourke


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Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.

P.J. O'Rourke

Tags: seriousness earnestness o-rourke p-j prertension



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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.

P.J. O'Rourke

Tags: religion born-again-christianity



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

P.J. O'Rourke

Tags: government



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Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.

P.J. O'Rourke

Tags: marriage divorce



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