Communism doesn’t really starve or execute that many people. Mostly it just bores them to death.
P. J. O'Rourke Quotes
People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.
Similar Quotes
The truths that matter most to us come always half spoken.
- Baltasar GraciánCunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itsel
- Baltasar GraciánThe best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
- Ernest HemingwayThe first casualty when war comes is truth.
- Hiram JohnsonThe pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
- Oscar WildeComments on: "P. J. O'Rourke Quotes: People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth."
Birth: | 14th November, 1947 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Journalist, Politician, Satirist, Writer |
P. J. O'Rourke is an American political satirist, journalist, writer, and author. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. In the United Kingdom, he is known as the face of a long-running series of television advertisements for British Airways in the 1990s.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 19th November
Births
- 1941 - Tommy George Thompson
- 1957 - Ofra Haza
- 1986 - Dayron Robles
- 1936 - Yuan T. Lee
- 1961 - Meg Ryan
Deaths
- 1850 - Richard Mentor Johnson
- 2004 - Terry Melcher
- 1692 - Thomas Shadwell
- 1915 - Solomon Schechter
- 1987 - Sir John Rupert Colville
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
About Quoteswave
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Share with your friends