Humility is no… Fran Lebowitz
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
Fran Lebowitz
US writer and humorist (1950 - )
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God heals, and the… Benjamin Franklin
God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.
Benjamin Franklin
US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)
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If a man does not… Henry David Thoreau
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Conclusion, 1854
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
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My heart is pure as… Tallulah Bankhead
My heart is pure as the driven slush.
Tallulah Bankhead
US movie actress (1903 - 1968)
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England has… Voltaire
England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.
Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
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New York: where… Harry Hershfield
New York: where everyone mutinies but no one deserts.
Harry Hershfield
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Democracy: The… George Bernard Shaw
Democracy: The substitution of election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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A man must properly… John Barrymore
A man must properly pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra had to be subsidized.
John Barrymore
US actor (1882 - 1942)
July 24th, 2006 - Posted in John Barrymore | | 0 Comments
Chastity: the most… Aldous Huxley
Chastity: the most unnatural of the sexual perversions.
Aldous Huxley
English critic & novelist (1894 - 1963)
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The average trade… Calvin Trillin
The average trade book has a shelf life of between milk and yogurt, except for books by any member of the Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.
Calvin Trillin
US columnist (1935 - )
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The strongest man… Henrik Ibsen
The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.
Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People, 1882
Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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I do not care to… Groucho Marx
I do not care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.
Groucho Marx
US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 - 1977)
July 20th, 2006 - Posted in Groucho Marx | | 0 Comments
If your sexual… Fran Lebowitz
If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.
Fran Lebowitz
US writer and humorist (1950 - )
July 19th, 2006 - Posted in Fran Lebowitz | | 0 Comments
I envy people who… Oscar Levant
I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.
Oscar Levant
(1906 - 1972)
July 18th, 2006 - Posted in Oscar Levant | | 0 Comments
The Irish are a… Samuel Johnson
The Irish are a fair people - they never speak well of one another.
Samuel Johnson
English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)
July 17th, 2006 - Posted in Samuel Johnson | | 0 Comments
The basis of… Oscar Wilde
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
July 16th, 2006 - Posted in Oscar Wilde | | 0 Comments
The country has… Edouard Manet
The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.
Edouard Manet
July 15th, 2006 - Posted in Edouard Manet | | 0 Comments
Television is for… Noel Coward
Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.
Noel Coward
English actor, dramatist, & songwriter (1899 - 1973)
July 14th, 2006 - Posted in Noel Coward | | 0 Comments
Children should… W.C. Fields
Children should neither be seen nor heard from - ever again.
W.C. Fields
July 13th, 2006 - Posted in W.C. Fields | | 0 Comments
One of the serious… Andrew Carnegie
One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
Andrew Carnegie
US businessman & philanthropist (1835 - 1919)
July 12th, 2006 - Posted in Andrew Carnegie | | 0 Comments
A Sunday school is… H. L. Mencken
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
July 11th, 2006 - Posted in H. L. Mencken | | 0 Comments
Laugh at yourself… Elsa Maxwell
Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
Elsa Maxwell, September 28, 1958
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The history of… E.M. Cioran
The history of ideas is the history of the grudges of solitary men.
E.M. Cioran
July 9th, 2006 - Posted in E.M. Cioran | | 0 Comments
Posterity is as… Heywood Broun
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.
Heywood Broun
US journalist (1888 - 1939)
July 8th, 2006 - Posted in Heywood Broun | | 0 Comments
There is nothing… John Ciardi
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
John Ciardi
US poet (1916 - 1986)
July 7th, 2006 - Posted in John Ciardi | | 0 Comments
Humanity is not a… Richard Bach
Humanity is not a gift of nature, it is a spiritual achievement to be earned.
Richard Bach
July 6th, 2006 - Posted in Richard Bach | | 0 Comments
Hope in reality is… Friedrich Nietzsche
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man.
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
July 5th, 2006 - Posted in Friedrich Nietzsche | | 0 Comments
Sex: the thing that… John Barrymore
Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.
John Barrymore
US actor (1882 - 1942)
July 4th, 2006 - Posted in John Barrymore | | 0 Comments
Virtue has never… Mark Twain
Virtue has never been as respectable as money.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
July 3rd, 2006 - Posted in Mark Twain | | 0 Comments
Dinner theater is… John Simon
Dinner theater is anti-culture.
John Simon
July 2nd, 2006 - Posted in John Simon | | 0 Comments
Happiness is the… Jonathan Swift
Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.
Jonathan Swift
Irish essayist, novelist, & satirist (1667 - 1745)
July 1st, 2006 - Posted in Jonathan Swift | | 0 Comments