The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborgini to the Gran Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
P. J. O'RourkeRich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate in inviolate trust to the golden retrievers.
P. J. O'RourkeThe wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like going for the draw and puts armed men out of countinence
P. J. O'RourkeStay away from girls who cry a lot or who look like they get pregnant easily or have careers.
P. J. O'RourkeThe government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much we can stand. But the real problem is that government is boring. We could cure or mitigate the other ills Washington visits on us if we could only bring ourselves to pay attention to Washington itself. But we cannot.
P. J. O'Rourke