WHOEVER LAUGHS LAST
doesn't share my
sense of humor
updated 980710
A more or less random selections of quotes I thought funny,
some of which I modified or created myself.
(Contributions and identification of authors not
mentioned are welcome: click
here)
“Being poor is terribly
expensive.”
“Poverty
is easy to endure provided you have plenty of money.”
“I
have no fear whatsoever of disease, suffering, even death, provided it
is not my own.”
“Never jump to a conclusion, especially
if you are standing at the edge of a cliff.”
“Always
finish your work on time, regardless of how late you started or of how
long it takes.”
“When you want
to get it straight from the horse's mouth, don't mistake it
for his other end.” — JFC
Don't pull out from
under me the rug under which you swept the dirt.” —
JFC
“Never
beat a dead horse in midstream.” — JFC
“Don't call me
a wet blanket when you're the one who rained on my parade.” —
JFC
“All humans are created
equal, but only to their betters.”
“No
oak falls for a joke.” — JFC
“Imitation is the sincerest
form of plagiarism.”
“WHOEVER
LAUGHS LASTS”
“Dead dogs wag no tails.”
“If
they decide to cremate me, I'll make no bones about it.”
Vie tell waib pajis thatt countane know eruz
wil divell owe pairers win append buy yore brough
sir.
.
All generalizations
are false.
This type is much too small
and faint to read safely without a magnifying glass, so even if you can
read it, please don't.
I don't suffer from insanity,
I enjoy every minute of it.
There
are three kinds of people:
those
who can count and those who can't.
The persons of the Holy Trinity
are two: the Father.
What you have once started
never leave unfin
n't try to finish what has
not even been started.
Live
this day as if it were to be your last:
don't
buy any green bananas!
Live
this day as if it were to be your last:
spend
all your money as if there were going to be no tomorrow!
Never put off until tomorrow
what you could just as well
put off until next year.
When Hell freezes
over the cows will come home to roost skating over thin ice.
You never can get water
from the tap if it's a wire tap.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
...
IT TAKES A CROOK TO...
DEFEND YOU AGAINST A CROOK? DEFEND A
CROOK?.
.
FOR SOME YEARS NOW, IF YOU NEED A LAWYER
IN EL PASO,
YOU CAN TURN TO ONE WHO HAS ADVERTISED HIS
SERVICES ON TV AND IS UNDENIABLY A CROOK,
JAMES J. CROOK.
BANANA REPUBLIC
FROM 1980 TO 1987, ZIMBABWE HAD A BANANA
AS ITS HEAD OF STATE,
CANAAN BANANA IS HIS FULL NAME,
AND, WHAT'S MORE, IN JUNE 1998 (AT
THIS WRITING) HE WAS ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGED SODOMY WHILE IN OFFICE.
HAD HE GONE BANANAS? OR IS IT HIS ACCUSERS
WHO HAVE GONE BANANAS?
SIN AGAINST SIN
FOR MANY YEARS, A CARDINAL SIN WAS HIGHLY
REGARDED BY PHILIPPINOS.
JAIME SIN WAS THE SENIOR CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN
IN THEIR COUNTRY.
Bits
of moss gathered by a rolling stone.
You
can make a difference
"My
country is ONE..." in
many languages (and more languages are
desired: can you add one?)
Never
too old to be young.
Never
too young to be wise.
I
have questions... do you have answers?
We
have answers... do you have questions?
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