Fortune Quote #3064

Moscow has changed. I was here in 1982, during the Brezhnev twilight, and
things are better now. For instance, they've got litter. In 1982 there
was nothing to litter with. -- P.J. O'Rourke (1989)

Fortune Quote #3063

The interesting thing about staring down a gun barrel is how small the
hole is where the bullet comes out, yet what a big difference it would make
in your social schedule. -- P.J. O'Rourke

Fortune Quote #3062

Everything on a boat has a different name than it would have if it weren't
on a boat. Either this is ancient seafaring tradition or it's how people
who mess around with boats try to impress the rest of us who actually
finished college. -- P.J. O'Rourke

Fortune Quote #3061

To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything
is designed by the post office, even the sleaze. -- P.J. O'Rourke

Fortune Quote #3060

Neither conservatives nor humorists believe man is good. But left-wingers
do. -- P.J. O'Rourke

Fortune Quote #3059

A child growing up in an excessively safe environment may never learn that
he is one - not until he gets married and has a wife to tell him
so. -- P.J. O'Rourke

Fortune Quote #3058

These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was
perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper. -- P.J.
O'Rourke

Fortune Quote #3057

I'm a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the
American principle that you shouldn't stick your nose in other people's
business except to make a buck. -- P.J. O'Rourke

Fortune Quote #3056

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a
democracy, the whores are us. -- P.J. O'Rourke

Fortune Quote #3055

Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is a virtue. Fleas are
interested in dogs. -- P.J. O'Rourke