P. J. O'Rourke

“Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.”

“I grew up going to public school, and they were huge public schools. I went to a school that had 3,200 kids, and I had grade school classes with 40-some kids. Discipline was rigid. Most of t...”

“New Hampshire polling data are unreliable because, when you call the Granite State's registered Republicans and independents in the middle of dinner and ask them who they're going to vote fo...”

“Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money.”

“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.”

“They are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love it. Then they say, 'But doesn't it need a small dog, and an Eskimo,...”

“I live in rural New Hampshire, and we are, frankly, short on people who are black, gay, Jewish, and Hispanic. In fact, we're short on people. My town has a population of 301.”

“Harvard is the home of American ideas.”

“My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.”

“Regulation creates a moral hazard.”

“Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies.”

“Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.”

“The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which...”

“My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kiddin...”

“I have never been to a museum in Hong Kong, or a movie or a play. I've never gone club-hopping. I've never taken the tram to Victoria Peak.”

“In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.'”

“There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees.”

“Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool.”

“Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.”

“Stupid is a great force in human affairs.”