1,564 quotes found
“If you think fate is fickle, try tempting it”
“The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith.”
“You can't always be right, but you can be wrong a lot less”
“LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.”
“Question everything, unless it's the answer”
“Always blow your own trumpet, blowing someone elses is unhygienic”
“For any given problem, if there's a simple solution it will already have been applied. So, perhaps, the solution isn't as simple as you think.”
“It's a sad day for American Capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over central park.”
“He was a philosopher, if you know what that was.A man who dreams of fewer things than there are in heaven and earth, said the Savage promptly.Quite so”
“Weather is a purely personal matter. There is no such thing as a climate that is cold or hot, good or bad, healthy or unhealthy. People take it upon themselves to create a fantasy in their imaginat...”
“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.”
“And one day Amber takes her trolls dinner down to the cave and finds him Rock waved his hands in vague yet thoroughly descriptive motions with another lady troll. So she go home and get her club an...”
“We stopped and listened. Just on the cusp of hearing I detected a rhythmic pounding, more a vibration in the concrete than a sound.'Drums,' I said and then because I couldn't resist it. 'Drums in t...”
“I know about dance, like the creationist knows about science, and typically treat it with a similar contempt”
“Unfortunately it's also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it's invisible and you don't notice its presence until it's gone, and then you're sorry.”
“A good speech is like a miniskirt--long enough to over all the vital parts, short enough to entice and captivate listeners.”
“Whoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratific...”
“Another atrocity of summer is soccer. When the Euro Cup is on, it brings out the worst in people. It turns them into ravaging beasts who complain when a team they like, which they have done nothing...”
“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
“Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.”
