P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?

Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.

I think evil is very relative.

Truth is not half way between right and wrong;

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.

moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.

Conscience is better served by a myth.

I know one thing you don't. I know the difference between Right and Wrong. They didn't teach you that at school.' Rose didn't answer; the woman was quite right: the two words meant nothing to her. Their taste was extinguished by stronger foods--Good and Evil.

Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash.

To say murder is wrong is as much a statement of faith as 'I believe that God said murder is wrong' is a statement of faith

You can't slice up morals.

The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be.

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

Modern morality is all about perception.

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

I do not understand how you can associate abortion with an idea of hedonism or the good life.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

I don't think good and evil are polarized.

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.