None of My Business Quotes

“The Latin root of the word "civilization" is civitas or city. You can't have civilization without cities. Watch reruns of Hee Haw for proof.”
― P.J. O'Rourke, None of My Business

“When words were carved in stone, we got the Ten Commandments. When we had to make our own ink and chase a goose around the yard to get a quill (and before the Infite Monkey Theorem was developed), we got William Shakespeare . When the fountain pen was invented, we got Henry James. When the typewriter came along, we got Jack Kerouac. And with the Internet we get - the President of the United States on Twitter”
― P.J. O'Rourke, None of My Business

“As Mark Twain said, “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” (And every other branch of the federal government.)”
― P.J. O'Rourke, None of My Business