P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I won't eat anything I can't spell or wouldn't tread in.

And if you had an, an opportunity to have a hot meal, you did. That was the cook. But you didn't stop and say, This is dinnertime and Oh wait it's five o'clock, it's time to eat for supper.

I have a nice apartment now that's all taken care of. I make my bed every day.

Even in 'Khatron,' I used to wash my own clothes.

I live in a little studio apartment, so I try to keep the space super clean at all times.

I really like keeping my kitchen counters as clear as possible. I tend to function better when there's less clutter.

Even more then long hours in the kitchen, fine meals require ingenious organization and experience which is a pleasure to acquire.

Cluttered closets mean a cluttered mind.

I have to take care of the house, and the dogs, and the Macondo Board meetings, all those e-mails, the letters that are going to fans. And you've got to pay bills. These things eat up your time. You have to prepare and pack to go on that trip. Then when you come back you have to file all that stuff, answer all that mail, and that's not even washing the clothes or any of that. So it takes as many days as I've been away to come back to normal and to get quiet.

Why are they doing that?” his mother said, frowning at her grandsons. The boys were sorting the casserole into piles on their plates. “Doing what?” Eve asked. “Why aren’t they eating their food?” “They don’t like it when things touch,” Eve said. “What things?” his mother asked. “Their food. They don’t like it when different foods touch or mix together.” “How do you serve dinner, in ice cube trays?

Show me a woman who is prouder of her clean kitchen than of her collection of lingerie and I'll show you a woman with enlarged pores.

Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?

The day is divided into two important sections: Mealtimes and everything else.

My mom gave me one of those cloth calendars for the kitchen. It took me three hours to sew in a dental appointment.

It's easier to eat nothing than to eat something.

Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.

A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in England until 1611, and even then they weren't meant for eating but just to hold the meat still while you hacked at it with your knife.

I went to the bedroom and lay on the floor, so as not to mess up the covers.

What?" "You're so neat," she said, looking almost embarrassed. He glanced pointedly over his shoulder. "There are four hundred on the other side of this door." "But you're ruining me." "I can't do it neatly?

Learn how to regulate one's own house well.

Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.

Having a messy coat closet should not be a big deal in a full life, and yet there's something about getting control of that coat closet that's surprisingly satisfying.

If your husband wants to lick the beaters on the mixer, shut them off before you give them to him.

He that would travel much, should eat little.