I guess the argument of contextuality is that anything is okay as long as
it's done by people who are sufficiently unlike you. -- P.J.
O'Rourke
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Fortune Quote #3073
Idealism is based on big ideas. And, as anybody who has ever been
asked "What's the big idea?" knows, most big ideas are bad ones. --
P.J. O'Rourke
asked "What's the big idea?" knows, most big ideas are bad ones. --
P.J. O'Rourke
Monday, December 28, 2020
Fortune Quote #3072
In a society where commonweal does not exist, there are no duties, only
exactations to be avoided, and no freedoms, only privileges to be grabbed.
There can be no such thing as "public services" because nothing in the
country is truly public. Everything is somebody's fief. And every fief must
be exploited if the exploiter cares to survive. -- P.J. O'Rourke
exactations to be avoided, and no freedoms, only privileges to be grabbed.
There can be no such thing as "public services" because nothing in the
country is truly public. Everything is somebody's fief. And every fief must
be exploited if the exploiter cares to survive. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Fortune Quote #3071
Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple
principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays
you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying
you to do something stupid. -- P.J. O'Rourke
principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays
you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying
you to do something stupid. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Fortune Quote #3070
Schneider has made a career of telling the public that the climate is
going to change drastically any time now, and indeed every spring and fall
he's been right. -- P.J. O'Rourke
going to change drastically any time now, and indeed every spring and fall
he's been right. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Friday, December 25, 2020
Fortune Quote #3069
People with a mission to save the earth want the earth to seem worse than
it is so their mission will look more important. -- P.J. O'Rourke
it is so their mission will look more important. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Fortune Quote #3068
When a private entity does not produce the desired results, it is (certain
body parts excepted) done away with. But a public entity gets
bigger. -- P.J. O'Rourke
body parts excepted) done away with. But a public entity gets
bigger. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Fortune Quote #3067
One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual
responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems
on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture
turns up on your driver's license. -- P.J. O'Rourke
responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems
on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture
turns up on your driver's license. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Monday, December 21, 2020
Fortune Quote #3065
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they
came from and refuse to tell you where they're going. -- P.J.
O'Rourke
came from and refuse to tell you where they're going. -- P.J.
O'Rourke
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