11 Quotes & Sayings By Christopher Buckley

Christopher Buckley is the bestselling author of One Wrench, Two Strikes, Thank You for Smoking, God Is My Co-Pilot, Mao II, and other novels. He is also the host of CNBC's The Pat Roberts Report. Buckley has been a columnist for The New York Times Magazine since 1998.

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People believe unbelievable things because it's self-flattering to think that you are intellectually daring enough to accept what others find preposterous. Christopher Buckley
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That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong. Christopher Buckley
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Oil they would buy from anyone. From Satan. Christopher Buckley
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I hope when I'm on my deathbed, people forgive me, because there is a lot to forgive. Christopher Buckley
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The tradition of putting candles on Christmas trees actually began in Germany. The person who came up with the idea is thought to have been Martin Luther, father of the Reformation. Christopher Buckley
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I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines. Christopher Buckley
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I live on a train. I know - what a sad thing to admit. I am the New-Age Willy Loman. But there it is. Christopher Buckley
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You can't tell what's aboard a container ship. We carried every kind of cargo, all of it on view: a police car, penicillin, Johnnie Walker Red, toilets, handguns, lumber, Ping-Pong balls, and IBM data cards. Christopher Buckley
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How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb? Three. One to mix the martinis, one to change the light bulb, and one to reminisce about how good the old one was. Christopher Buckley
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My dad's one true quest in life was for the Platonic ideal of peanut butter. And I remember one day he announced, with a look of utter transfiguration on his face, that he had found paradise on Earth in a jar with a yellow cap. And it was called Red Wing. Christopher Buckley