P. J. O'Rourke

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#corporal #punishment #reintroduce #schools #teachers

Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#even #exceptional #happiness #history #human

People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free market is a bathroom scale, it is a measuring tape, it's simply a measurement. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#creed #free #free market #market #measurement

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#duty #jury #jury duty #people #political

Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#endless #foreigners #get #god #infinite

Satire doesn't effect change. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#effect #satire

Southern California is a nice place, if you could cut out the show-business cancer. It just keeps spreading. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#cancer #could #cut #just #keeps

There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#change #climate #climate change #currently #doubtless

There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#in print #more #much #outsider #point

Who, other than a crazy person, does anything besides hang up on a robo-call? Any call, any person, anywhere, under any circumstances. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#anything #anywhere #besides #call #circumstances