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The most poignant quotes
What the rich and famous and wise said
Thoughtful and attentive world to contenplate learn from
Note: Throughout history the rich, famous and wise have said things that have been recorded in the form of quote. It is the study of these quotes that give insight into life.
Humor
"There is little success where there is little laughter." ~ Andrew Carnegie
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age." ~ Lucille Ball
Something that seems funny when it happens to someone else, may not seem so funny when it happens to us. ~Aesop's Fables
Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it. ~ Langston Hughes
If you have to be in a soap opera, try not to get the worst role. ~ Boy George
To succeed in this world, it is not enough to be stupid, you must be well-mannered. ~ Voltaire
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. ~ Henny Youngman
I have an existential map; it has 'you are here' written all over it. ~ Steve Wright
Humor is reason gone mad. ~ Groucho Marx
Never accept a drink from a urologist. ~ Erma Bombeck
It's important I surround myself with people who make me happy. ~ Adam Sandler
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ~ George Eliot
Let the wind blow through your hair while you still have some. ~ Dave Weinbaum
My mother buried three husbands... and two of them were only napping. ~ Rita Rudner
I want to help people, give hope to all. Humor is the foundation of our lives. ~ Terry Bradshaw
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. ~ Joseph Addison
A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference. It pardons shortcomings, it consoles failure. ~ Thornton Wilder
Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke. ~ Steve Martin
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. ~ Bob Hope
Humor cleanses the heart and keeps it good. ~ Alfred Paster
Groan and forget it. ~ Jessamyn West
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. ~ Arthur Miller
There is a new billboard outside Time Square. It keeps an up to minute count of gun related crimes in New York. Some goofball is going to shoot someone just to see the numbers move. ~ David Letterman
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. ~ E.B. White
Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor? ~ Frank Moore Colby
Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there." ~ Will Smith
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. ~ Romain Gary
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself. ~ Charles M. Schultz
If a girl doesn't have a sense of humor, then what would you have to talk about? ~ Josh Hartnett, Teen People, 2003
Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward. ~ Cary Grant
"Every joke is a tiny revolution. ~ George Orwell
The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it. ~ Jackie Gleason
If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I do not want to go there. ~ Martin Luther
Be amusing; never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. ~ Lord Byron
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. ~ Victor Hugo
I think laughter may be a form of courage As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. ~ Linda Ellerbee
I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. ~ Sara Teasdale
Wear your wit as a shield, not as a dagger. ~ American Proverb
Laughter is a part of the human survival kit. ~ David Nathan
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. ~ Jean Houston
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs -- jolted by every pebble in the road. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
A clown is a poet in action ~ Henry Miller
The burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Whenever I'm stuck in traffic, I can't help but wonder, 'Where did the creator of The Jetsons go, and why hasn't he done something about this?' ~ Jimmy Fallon
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