Monday, September 28, 2020

Famous Quotes, er, Quotes By Famous People (the Quotes may not be so famous)

 

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not using it in a fruit salad. 

 

 

Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have  
remained a virgin.'


 

- Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter.  Let’s not forget Billie)


 

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I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'


 

- Eleanor Roosevelt


 

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Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen.  
I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.


 

- Mark Twain


 

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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending;
and to have the two as close together as possible.


 

- George Burns


 

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Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.


 

- Victor Borge


 

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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.


 

- Mark Twain


 

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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one,  
you'll become a philosopher.


 

- Socrates


 

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I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.


 

- Groucho Marx


 

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My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.


 

- Jimmy Durante


 

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I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.


 

- Zsa Zsa Gabor


 

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Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups:  
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.


 

- Alex Levine


 

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My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.


 

- Rodney Dangerfield


 

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Money can't buy you happiness .... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.


 

- Spike Milligan


 

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Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP.


 

- Joe Namath


 

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I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.


 

- Bob Hope


 

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I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.


 

- W. C. Fields


 

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We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.


 

- Will Rogers


 

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Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.


 

- Winston Churchill


 

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Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty, but everything else starts to wear out,  
fall out, or spread out.


 

- Phyllis Diller


 

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By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.


 

- Billy Crystal


 

And the cardiologist's diet:  if it tastes good spit it out.


 

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May your troubles be less, may your blessings be more, and
may nothing but happiness come through your door.

 

 

Trudy 
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Excuse mistakes

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