Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering. Votes: 11
Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper. Votes: 0
I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics. Votes: 0
Democrats hate success. Votes: 0
Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope. Votes: 0
Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty. Votes: 0
There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion. Votes: 0
The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen. Votes: 0
I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer. Votes: 0
I'm a political conservative. Votes: 0
It's hard to be serious in life. Votes: 0
Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society. Votes: 0
People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.' Votes: 0
America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief. Votes: 0
Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border. Votes: 0
Arguing, in the sense of attempting to convince others, has gone out of fashion with conservatives. Votes: 0
Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less. Votes: 0
I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now. Votes: 0
I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling. Votes: 0
I don't watch much television. Votes: 0
Modern air travel means less time spent in transit. That time is now spent in transit lounges. Votes: 0
In case we have to shoot Democrats. It happened during the Civil War, and it could happen again. Votes: 0
I read good. I was an English major. Votes: 0
People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. Votes: 0
Never fight an inanimate object. Votes: 0
It's better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money. Votes: 0
Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. Votes: 0
Who does Bill Clinton think got off the boat and stepped on Plymouth Rock? Peace Corps volunteers? Votes: 0
I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older. Votes: 0
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. Votes: 0
Fashionably amusing table manners are a matter of breaking the right rule at the right time. Votes: 0
You're stupid,' is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama. Votes: 0
I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television is its ephemerality. Votes: 0
We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting. Votes: 0
The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs. Votes: 0
Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market. Votes: 0
I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it. Votes: 0
Fascism is very much a mob movement. Votes: 0
Not much was really invented during the Renaissance, if you don't count modern civilization. Votes: 0
In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.' Votes: 0
Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching. Votes: 0
Kids are disorganized. Votes: 0
Regulation creates a moral hazard. Votes: 0
My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking, if it hadn't been for girls. Votes: 0
Politics won't allow for the truth. Votes: 0
[ I'm] humorist, I guess. Or really more of a reporter. A reporter who reports on funny things. Votes: 0
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. Votes: 0
Cars would be safer on rails! Votes: 0
Commies love concrete. Votes: 0
East Germany was so total in its totalitarianism that everything was banned which wasn't compulsory. Votes: 0
First and foremost: Feed people. Votes: 0
Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick. Votes: 0
Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and material around them is. Votes: 0
Harvard has been almost as important to the American Jewish community as the pork-sausage industry. Votes: 0
I always thought there was some romance to that '30s leftist stuff, even though I'm a Republican. Votes: 0
I am a great admirer of women. Votes: 0
I spent almost 25 years as a foreign correspondent, and the world's primary problem is poverty. Votes: 0
I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words, Votes: 0
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. Votes: 0
I'm 61 years old. I'm not that fearful of the future, period. I'm not going to see that much of it. Votes: 0
I'm a member of the working press; you'd think I'd know better than to listen to journalists. Votes: 0
I'm a rather decisive type. Votes: 0
I'm certainly not fearful. Votes: 0
I'm really tired of virtue. Votes: 0
In Japan people drive on the left. In China people drive on the right. In Vietnam it doesn't matter. Votes: 0
In the wake of Animal House, the stock briefly and quite wrongly shot up. So I love that movie. Votes: 0
In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living. Votes: 0
I've been a New Yorker for ten years, and the only people who are nice to us turn out to be Moonies. Votes: 0
I've decided that my motto in life is "Get off my lawn." It's the right answer to everything. Votes: 0
Long conversations with pals when neither you nor they have had a drink can be a test of palship. Votes: 0
People have a right to my food, a right to my housing, and a right to my good job for my decent pay. Votes: 0
Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it. Votes: 0
Satire doesn't effect change. Votes: 0
Sloths move at the speed of congressional debate but with greater deliberation and less noise. Votes: 0
Smoking crack is a way for people who couldn't afford college to study the works of Charles Darwin. Votes: 0
Some women want the strong silent type, so they can tell him to shut up and rearrange the furniture. Votes: 0
Stay away from girls who cry a lot or who look like they get pregnant easily or have careers. Votes: 0
The Australian language is easier to learn than boat talk. It has a vocabulary of about six words. Votes: 0
The question nowadays is not what makes government work. The question is how do we make it stop. Votes: 0
There are a lot of mysterious things about boats, such as why anyone would get on one voluntarily. Votes: 0
There are no kinder or better people in the world than those who listen to you when you are 18. Votes: 0
Those who do not know history are probably also not doing well in English or math. P.J. O'Rourke Votes: 0
Veal is a very young beef and, like a very young girlfriend, it's cute but boring and expensive. Votes: 0
When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics. Votes: 0
Whenever people tell you they are going to wipe the slate clean, it's your slate they mean to wipe. Votes: 0
God has no role to play in politics except to make sure politicians go where they belong. To hell. Votes: 0