A lot of quotes pop up in
various threads. I thought it might be good to have a thread for everyone to post the edifying or humorous
utterments of the famous, infamous or not-so-famous.
Here's a handful from P.J.
O'Rourke
Some people are worried about the
difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of
what's good for people than people do is a swine.
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.
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.
People with a mission to save the earth
want the earth to seem worse than it is so their mission will look more important.
A careful reading of 50 Simple Things to Save the Earth) leaves you
wondering whether you're going to die from environmental disaster or intellectual annoyance. Failing either, you
can worry yourself to death.
The Republicans are the party that says
government doesn't work and then gets elected and proves it.
Advocating the expansion
of the powers of the state is treason to mankind, goddamnit!
You have to wonder about a
food that everybody agrees is great except that sometimes it tastes like what it is.
Coffee and cigarettes are much better if you want an instant breakfast.
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