P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I like the beach and would also love to learn golf because I think it is rather elegant for an older lady.

Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.

I am always working out, whether I am on vacation or at home. When in La Jolla, I like to surf, play tennis, and golf - but surfing is definitely my favorite.

I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.

A lot of my buddies also played golf, but when it came to going to the beach or on the boat and chasing girls, they usually went that way and I went to the golf course.

I don't do a lot when I'm in Gascony. I swim and play the odd game of golf, but mainly I sit around. We're set an hour-and-a-half from the Pyrenees and an hour-and-a-half from the Bay of Biscay, so we get plenty of storms. But we're surrounded by vines and sunflowers - it's lovely.

I enjoy writing. Would I rather be playing golf? No. Would I rather be fishing? No.

I play duplicate bridge and I play golf and I go swimming once in a while.

If I get a free moment, I want to get outside, play golf, go fishin'.

Golf is the most fascinating game, but other people's game is the most boring thing.

I am a big fan of Bournemouth, having enjoyed many happy hours on its sandy beach and crazy golf course.

Golf and fishing. I usually do both at least once a week. The biggest fish I've ever caught was a 36 lb. carp.

I learnt tennis, swimming, basketball and several others, but the sport I loved the most was golf.

I play golf and ride my motorcycle - my Harley - around the hills of California.

I like the beach in the summer and the mountains in the winter.

I was happy working on my golf and doing a bit of fishing.

I never had any alcohol on the golf course that I remember, except for one time, and that was the L.A. Open.

I wrote to Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I said: "Here is the sentence once written by the immortal Bobby Jones. I thought you might like to have it done in needlepoint and mounted in a suitable frame to hang over Little John's bed. It says, The rewards of golf - and of life, too, I expect - are worth very little if you don't play the game by the etiquette as well as by the rules." I never heard from Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I can only conclude that the letter went astray.

I want to play golf, practice and not do much else. I don't drink, I don't smoke and I hate going places where you have to yell at someone who is about a foot away from you.

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course

Now that I am no longer President, I find I can no longer win every game of golf I play.

If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry on the true spirit of the game.

As for me, tough duty though it may be, I continue to do my part for the commercial recreation industry. Fishing, boating, tennis, golf, running, hunting, and all of this. Horseshoes. It's tough duty. Somebody has to do it, and I'm going to keep on.

Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman.