#m

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#dispose #disposes #dumping #government #must

If you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#autobiography #celebrity #drug addict #his #means

Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#call #care #dealing #education #extremely

The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#also #capitalism #failure #happen #idea

Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#life #moments #beauty

I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#around #art #artists #bohemian #could

I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#because #good #i #i am #i write

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#around #because #better #fun #got

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 kidding kind of Irish family. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#come #families #family #fortunate #hitting

Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#especially #health #health insurance #insurance #insurance companies