QUOTES by P. J. O'Rourke
Find most favourite and famour Authors from A.A Milne to Zoe Kravitz.
The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke
There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke
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.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke
We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke
A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It's a promissory note that doesn't actually promise anything. It's not backed by gold or silver.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
Quote by -P. J. O'Rourke