Quotes by Richard J. Needham

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Humour columnist · Canadian · 1912–1996

Canadian humour columnist (1912–1996)

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“Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.”

“God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.”

“God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.”

“People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.”

“People are like birds - from a distance beautiful: from close up those sharp beaks those beady little eyes.”

“People are like birds - from a distance beautiful: from close up those sharp beaks those beady little eyes.”

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“People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.”
— Richard J. Needham
honesty

“Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.”
— Richard J. Needham
marriage

“People are like birds - from a distance beautiful: from close up those sharp beaks those beady little eyes.”
— Richard J. Needham
personal appearance

“Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters using the voters' own money.”
— Richard J. Needham
politicians

“God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.”
— Richard J. Needham
prayer

“God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.”
— Richard J. Needham
prayer

“When a man tells me he's run out of steam in the sex department I'll tell him 'Count your blessings you've escaped from the clutches of a cruel tyrant. Enjoy!'”
— Richard J. Needham
sex

“People are like birds - from a distance beautiful: from close up those sharp beaks those beady little eyes.”
— Richard J. Needham
personal appearance

“When a man tells me he's run out of steam in the sex department I'll tell him 'Count your blessings you've escaped from the clutches of a cruel tyrant. Enjoy!'”
— Richard J. Needham
sex