It is very hard now to shock people into thinking about government regulation and the extent of government involvement in life.
P. J. O'RourkeThe real alternative to power of the rich is not power of the poor. It's just plain power.
P. J. O'RourkeThe motorcycle is a device created by the team of God and Darwin to rid the world of useless young males.
P. J. O'RourkeI like the fact that they still run substantive pieces. I'm not sure I like the pieces, but it's nice that they do that. Anyway, it was always sort of ridiculous, me having anything to do with the youth culture, but now that I'm in my 50s, it's extra-double-ridiculous. They were losing interest in me, and I was losing interest in them. When I went to renegotiate my contract at Rolling Stone, I kind of halfheartedly asked if I could do half the work for half the money, and they asked if I could do two-thirds of the work for half the money. I ran that by my agent, since he can do math.
P. J. O'Rourke