I happened upon some P.J. O’Rourke quotations on a blog, and wanted to get a couple down, for potential future use.
”Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.”
“And whom do you draft in a war against drugs? Certainly not eighteen-year-old boys. They’re the enemy.”
“You say we’re distracting Clinton from the business of government. Well I hope so. Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.”
“Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.”
“You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money.”
(on socialism) “Everyone knows that life ought to be fair and that God’s a lousy guy for not making it happen. Everyone should get what everyone else gets. And, if everyone else gets broke, hungry, and dead, well fair’s fair.”
and, of course: “Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
Which reminds me; I’ve got some reading to do in Aquinas. . .
Oh! Which reminds me again . . . in two ways. Thing one: my birthday present from my mom and dad, namely these two books, will be arriving at my doorstep any afternoon now. (Said my mom when telling me about my present, “I had a really hard time buying this, even though it was on your list. I just kept thinking, ‘this doesn’t look like fun.’”) Do I need to add that I am tremendously excited?
Thing two: I am putting together material for a book of philosophy, to be used by the discussion group in which I participate. The book will contain writings from Dionysus, Boethius, Maimonides, and more — including Tommy ‘Nas. I’m going through the Summa Theologiae to gather selections for the book, and I’m working with Google Documents to compile everything. One of the nice things about Google Documents — among many, many things — is that you can ‘publish’ your work.
My progress on the Summa can be found here, and as I continue to add / edit the document, these changes will be reflected on that webpage. In other words, that web link will always display the most recent ‘version’ of my work.
