From PJ O'Rourke's All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty:
Fretting makes us important. Say you're an adult male and you're skipping down the street whistling "Last Train to Clarksville." People willl call you a fool. But lean over to the person next to you on a subway and say, "How can you smile while innocents are dying in Tibet?" You'll acquire a reputation for great seriousness and also more room to sit down. ...
And worrying is less work than doing something to fix the worry. This is especially true if we're careful to pick the biggest possible problems to worry about. Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
P.J. O'Rourke is my favorite wirter and political guy ever. I have read all of his books and I am only 26, and I'm a Jew, and conservative. I live in the Twilight Zone. All the best to you.
Max
www.nicejewishbiy.net
Posted by: Max L | 03/27/2006 at 01:33 AM
That's my Cuz...
Posted by: TerryN | 09/03/2009 at 02:39 PM