P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Though it sold very well, I hated The Edge.

I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.

'Wonderland' was incredible, but 'Once Upon A Time,' I found it quite soul-destroying.

Modeling sucks.

I'm not one of those people who walks away and says, "That's a lot better than I thought it was going to be." I said, "No, this is as bad as I thought it was going to be, I didn't like it. I didn't want to talk to anybody."

I will try to disappoint you better than anyone ever has.

Life can be so good if you let it. But you must trade with life. You give something and you get something, then you give something of yourself again and you receive something again. Life goes bad when people try to take from it without giving. Then they came away empty-handed, and they grab harder and more often, growing more disappointed and disillusioned each time.

It was a typical day of suckage and blowage.’ (Chris)

This is what happens when you try to help people. You get screwed.

I have found little 'good' about human beings. In my experience, most of them are trash.

Requirements are for people who want to be unhappy. Because it’s your rules or the universe’s rules. The universe is going to win. Every time.

People are disappointed that you aren't exactly who they thought you were, as opposed to somebody who's just walking around trying to get some laundry done.

Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

I keep my expectations low, so nobody disappoints me." "Yeah, well, I have high expectations." I look toward Miranda. "I guess my friends do, too." "Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

You try for a little happiness, and what do you get? A few memories and a fat stomach!

Life is like a movie, if you've sat through more than half of it and it’s sucked every second so far, it probably isn't going to get great right at the end and make it all worthwhile. None should blame you for walking out early.

Never saw one worth a damn.

Well that was sucktastic

Well, I hope you like it here, Leo. It used to be .......really nice.

I'm disappointed in people in general.

I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair.

Sometimes you do have a good time. But when it gets to the point where you're sitting in your home and you're just trying to cover what you don't want people to know. It's painful. And then you want more just so that you don't let anybody see you cry. Or anybody to see we're not happy.

It seems like every time I start to feel good, something really awful happens. It's like... it's really terrible.

The reason most people don't go to church is because they've already been.

If you try to delight the undelightable, you've made yourself miserable for no reason.