P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

When you need a good laugh, do you reach for a book? I don't. I expect books to move me deeply and submerge me in another reality. So when a novel makes me roar with laughter, it's always a delightful surprise.

I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.

I just always remember there being an ability to amuse schoolmates. Not in a kind of 'dance-around-at-the-front-of-the-room-with-his-trousers-off' way, but probably with a sardonic quip. I remember getting a school report that said something like, 'Steve's good, but he tries to see the funny side in everything.'

I'm on so late I'm definitely the last seconds of anyone's attention. So I just want to give them something dumb to laugh at, so they go, 'That's funny,' then fall asleep.

The one thing that disturbs me about Alec is that people don't realize that he's really funny.

Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke.

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

Jason Statham is funny, I never knew that.

I just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions.

I'm always telling my students that if they can't explain what they are doing, to their grandmothers, then they probably don't understand it themselves.

Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

Funny is only something that others know about you - you can't be funny by yourself.

Humor's an excellent way to make a point more palatable and/or relatable.

Humor is a very important part of leadership.

Don't worry, I'm hilarious.

God hadn't made me handsome, but he'd given me something, I always felt: funny bones.

People haven't seen me in a comedic setting, but that's who I really am.

Yeah, I am fun loving. I do crack jokes at times too.

I've always been attracted to humor and funny people in general. It's a joy to make people laugh, but it's not as fun as laughing yourself.

I'm funny because I'm funny. And there's more to offer.

Humor is not a trick, not jokes. Humor is a presence in the world - like grace - and shines on everybody.

Humor is not far from my vocabulary.

If I had a sense of humor, I'd be laughing right now.