P. J. O'Rourke

The one thing that's terrible about traveling for fun is writing about it.

Writing is agony. I hate it.

I think the Baby Boom has enjoyed itself, maybe sometimes a little too much, and we're continuing to enjoy ourselves, maybe a little too much.

I had a confused early hippie phase, which was like a cafeteria tray of sloppy, semi-Marxist thoughts, absorbed second-hand.

The good thing about SUVs is they have storage.

The world is being run by irresponsible spoiled brats.

I've never been able to get it straight about what these people who are worried about the trade deficit are worried about.

Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.

Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.'

One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army.

One nice thing about making jokes is that you don't have to prove them.

I had always thought of Egypt as a rather secular country. And I think it is, but people are quite observant of the strictures of Ramadan.