P. J. O'Rourke (1947-2022)

Quotes

• Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.

• 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.

• There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.

• Politics are a lousy way for a free man to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.

• Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is.

• Skiing consists of wearing $3,000 worth of clothes and equipment and driving 200 miles in the snow in order to stand around at a bar and drink.

• A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.

• A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.