P. J. O'Rourke Best Quotations

Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure.

The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.

Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was breaking them.

You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.

Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.

Jack Abramoff is the world's best lobbyist - for the Federal Penitentiary System.

A lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style - and they tended to be funny. They were a little relief from the grimmer, grayer parts of the newspaper, and one of the best people at doing this was Will Rogers.