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“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” – Winston Chruchill
“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” – Miles Kington
“The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom. ” – Jon Stewart
“A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.” – Dennis Waitley
“Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.” – Matt Groening
“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.” – Ronald Reagan
“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” – Dale Carnegie
“If you want to look thin: hang out with fat people.” – Rodney Dangerfield, Back to School
“God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.” – Naguib Mahfouz
“A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.” – W. C. Fields
“All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.” – Casey Stengel
“We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.” – Phyllis Diller
“Everyone with telekinetic powers, raise my hand.” – Emo Philips
“Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.” – Rita Mae Brown
“As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.” – Buddy Hackett
“If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.” – George Burns
“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.” – Albert Einstein
“Age is just a number. It’s totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.” – Joan Collins
“Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch. ” – Jon Stewart
“I live about four muggings from Central Park.” – Henny Youngman
“When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.” – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
“Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?… He’s a mile away and you’ve got his shoes!” – Billy Connolly
“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” – Bill Waterson
“If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it’s another nonconformist who doesn’t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.” – Bill Vaughan
“We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.” – Bryan White
“According to a new survey, 90% of men say their lover is also their best friend. Which is really kind of disturbing when you consider man’s best friend is his dog.” – Jay Leno
“Never have more children than you have car windows.” – Erma Bombeck
“Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a pool.” – Bill Murray
“By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” – Charles Wadsworth
“When we talk to God, we’re praying. When God talks to us, we’re schizophrenic.” – Jane Wagner
“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the hell she is.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” – W.C. Fields
“I’m sick of following my dreams, man. I’m just going to ask where they’re going and hook up with ’em later.” – Mitch Hedberg
“Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.” – Oscar Wilde
“As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.” – Norm Crosby
“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.” – Emo Philips
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” – Mark Twain
“It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?” – Ronald Reagan
“It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose!” – Steven Weinberg
“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” – Abraham Lincoln
“If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” – Lawrence Ferlinghetti
“The only bathroom law I’m interested in is one that bans loud sighing.” – Conan O’Brien
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” – Winston Chruchill
“My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more.” – Walter Mathau
“When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.” – Will Rogers
“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.” – Katharine Hepburn
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.” – Bob Hope
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” – Kurt Vonnegut
“Once you give up integrity, the rest is a piece of cake.” – J.R. Ewing, Dallas
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.” – John Maynard Keynes
“At every party there are two kinds of people – those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.” – Ann Landers
“You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn;t that long ago we were swept away by the Macarena.” – Jon Stewart
“A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.” – Marty Allen
“Inside me there’s a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes.” – Bob Thaves
“The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30 percent of their ice cream.” – Bill Murray
“I am an early bird and a night owl… so I am wise and I have worms.” – Michael Scott
“DeBeers should change it’s motto to ‘Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!’” – Ron White
“If I wasn’t a golfer, I would still be miserable – but not as miserable.” – Larry David
“Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid.” – John Wayne
“Political correctness is tyranny with manners.” – Charleton Heston
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.” – Steve Martin
“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.” – Lana Turner
“The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.” – Fred Allen
“We sleep in separate rooms, we have dinner apart, we take separate vacations – we’re doing everything we can to keep our marriage together.” – Rodney Dangerfield
“Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.” – Sam Levenson
“I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.” – Groucho Marx
“Every time something pops in my head, I think twice about it and I do it anyway.” – Gilbert Gottfried
“I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.” – Arthur C. Clarke
“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“A bargain is something you don’t need at a price you can’t resist.” – Franklin Jones
“The word abbreviation sure is long for what it means.” – Zach Galifianakis
“One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.” – George Carlin
“Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.” – Dave Barry
“The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth.” – Jim Harrison
“I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.” – Steve Carell, The Office
“If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the up button.” – Sam Levenson
“Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.” – David Letterman
“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.” – Billy Sunday
“I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.” – Emo Philips
“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” – Steve Martin
“Biologically speaking, if something bites you it’s more likely to be female.” – Desmond Morris
“He knows nothing; he thinks he knows everything – that clearly points to a political career.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain
“Americans are incredibly impatient. Someone once said that the shortest period of time in America is the time between when the light turns green and when you hear the first horn honk.” – Jim Rohn
“Marriage is like mushrooms: we notice too late if they are good or bad.” – Woody Allen
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” – Yogi Berra
“My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.” – Jean Rostand
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.” – Charles Lamb
“Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else. ” – Will Rogers
“You cannot soar with the eagles as long as you hang out with the turkeys.” – Joel Osteen
“If at first you don’t succeed, quit. When life gives you lemons, quit. When the going gets tough, the tough just quit.” – Jim Rome
“A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: ‘Duh.’” – Conan O’Brien
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
“The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.” – Natalie Wood
“The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.” – Demetri Martin
“When you go to work, if your name is on the building, you’re rich. If your name is on your desk, you’re middle class. And if your name is on your shirt, you’re poor.” – Rich Hall
“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” – Steven Wright
“Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path.” – Ellen DeGeneris
“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop.” – Gertrude Stein
“The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.” – Robert Bloch
“When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.” – Rita Rudner
“It’s always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it’s just hilarious. ” – Bill Hicks
“The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn’t for any religious reasons. They couldn’t find three wise men and a virgin.” – Jay Leno
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” – Isaac Asimov
“I wouldn’t camp out for five days if was… camping.” – Ron White
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.” – Dennis Wholey
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” – John F. Kenendy
“I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly.” – Peter Cook
“My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.” – Mike Myers
“Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.” – Sam Ewing
“Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man – there’s your diamond in the rough.” – Larry David
“Before you marry a person, you should at least make them use a computer with a slow internet connection to find out who they really are.” – Will Ferrell
“I drink to make other people more interesting.” – Ernest Hemingway
“My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I’m right.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
“Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?” – H.L. Mencken
“Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” – Dalai Lama
“A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.” – Don Marquis
“If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.” – Johnny Carson
“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.” – Woody Allen
“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.” – Clarence Darrow
“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.” – Mae West
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Derek Bok
“can’t understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.” – Fred Allen
“To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.” – George W. Bush
“If you love something set it free, but don’t be surprised if it comes back with herpes.” – Chuck Palahniuk
“When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” – Sydney J. Harris
“Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.” – Steven Wright
“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.” – Ambrose Pierce
“To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.” – Paul R. Ehrlich
“The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.” – Josh Billings
“Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them. ” – Bill Maher
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving faster than you is a maniac, and anyone going slower than you is a moron?” – George Carlin
“I’m not for everyone. I’m barely for me.” – Marc Maron
“They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.” – Clint Eastwood
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.” – Oscar Levant
“If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?” – Lily Tomlin
“Haters are just confused admirers because they can’t figure out the reason why everyone loves you.” – Jeffree Star
“Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.” – Bill Maher
“I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!” – Tom Lehrer
“I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.” – H. Kyle Seale
“Laugh a lot. It burns a lot of calories.” – Jessica Simpson
“High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.” – Christopher Morley
“A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” – Samuel Goldwyn
“If someone else is paying for it, food just tastes a lot better.” – Gilbert Gottfried
“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.” – Robert Frost
“A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don’t have a J.O.B.” – Fatz Domino
“The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.” – Henny Youngman
“All men are equal before fish.” – Herbert Hoover
“I’m one of the few people in Hollywood who actually had a good childhood. ” – Seth MacFarlane
“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” – Carl Sagan
“Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties.” – Doug Larson
“f you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.” – Henny Youngman
“I told you to go to Cox’s and buy a searsucker suit, but it looks like you went to Sears instead.” – Jay Shulte
“It’s always darkest before the dawn. So if you’re going to steal your neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it.” – Navjot Singh Sidhu
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles Schulz
“I live by my own rules (reviewed, revised, and approved by my wife)… but still my own.” – Si Robertson
“Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” – J. Paul Getty
“I am only human, although I regret it.” – Mark Twain
“Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.” – Jim Davis
“I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me – they’re cramming for their final exam.” – George Carlin
“Cleaning up with children around is like shoveling during a blizzard.” – Margaret Culkin Banning
“Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway.” – Greg Tamblyn
“Life begins at 40 – but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.” – Helen Rowland
“I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” – Ron White
“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.” – Laurence J. Peter
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. ” – Charles Dudley Warner
“It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person’s plate.” – Dave Barry
“Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.” – Benjamin Franklin
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” – Douglas Adams
“Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.” – Jackie Mason
“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” – Charles Shulz
“Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.” – Daniel J. Boorstin
“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” – E. B. White
“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.” – Will Rogers
“Older people shouldn’t eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get.” – Robert Orben
“The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.” – Kin Hubbard
“Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment.” – Betty White
“The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.” – Paul Fix
“Sickos don’t scare me. At least they’re committed. ” – Michelle Pfeiffer, Batman Returns
“Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.” – James Thurber
“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.” – Mark Twain
“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” – Milton Berle
“To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
“I had plastic surgery last week – I cut up my credit cards.” – Henny Youngman
“There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.” – Jerry Seinfeld
“I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.” – Henny Youngman
“I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.” – Norm Crosby
“I wish I were dumber so I could be more certain about my opinions. It looks fun.” – Scott Adams
“When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. ” – George Burns
“I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.” – David Lee Roth
“A camel is a horse designed by a committee.” – Sir Alec Issigonis
“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers
“If you want your children to listen, try talking softly to someone else.” – Ann Landers
“Here’s something to think about: How come you never see a headline like ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?” – Jay Leno
“A man doesn’t know what he knows until he knows what he doesn’t know.” – Laurence J. Peter
“If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?” – George Carlin
“Behind every successful man is a surprised mother-in-law.” – Voltaire
“Don’t keep a man guessing too long – he’s sure to find the answer somewhere else.” – Mae West
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” – Benjamin Franklin
“My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on.” – Joan Rivers
“A fool and his money never should have got together in the first place. ” – Michael Douglas, Wall Street
“If your parents never had children, chances are… neither will you.” – Dick Cavett
“Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.” – Bill Vaughan
“The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.” – Sid Caesar
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.” – Harlan Ellison
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” – George Carlin
“When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.” – Rodney Dangerfield
““Be yourself” is about the worst advice you can give some people.” – Thomas Lansing Masson
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” – Andy Rooney
“A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor
“My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already.” – Milton Berle
“It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads.” – Andy Borowitz
“An alcoholic is someone you don’t like who drinks as much as you do.” – Dylan Thomas
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” – Albert Einstein
“I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“In America, one sure sign of success is the presence of an unnecessary waterfall in a person’s yard.” – Demetri Martin
“Here’s to our wives and girlfriends…may they never meet!” – Groucho Marx
“If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.” – Earl Wilson
“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” – Alan Dundes
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.” – Henny Youngman
“Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.” – Redd Foxx
“I did not climb to the top of the food chain to eat carrots.” – Ron White
“Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.” – Anton Chekhov
“Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.” – Groucho Marx
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns
“If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?” – Scott Adams
“There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.” – Oscar Levant
“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.” – Erma Bombeck
“My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too.” – Rodney Dangerfield
“Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.” – Oscar Wilde
“Men are like shoes. Some fit better than others. And sometimes you go out shopping and there’s nothing you like. And then, as luck would have it, the next week you find two that are perfect, but you don’t have the money to buy both.” – Janet Evanovich
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the dog’s owner – and the distance you are from your car.” – Demetri Martin
“The road to success is always under construction.” – Lily Tomlin
“If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.” – Groucho Marx
“A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.” – William James
“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.” – Mitch Hedberg
“It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.” – Jerry Seinfeld
“Have you noticed that all the people in favor of birth control are already born?” – Benny Hill
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin
“You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.” – George Burns
“When you’re in love it’s the most glorious two and a half days of your life.” – Richard Lewis
“Confidence is 10% work and 90% delusion.” – Tina Fey
“Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you have the right attitude.” – Mark Withers
“All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening.” – Alexander Woollcott
“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.” – Groucho Marx
“The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.” – Al McGuire
“Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.” – George Eliot
“This is the worst thing to happen to beaches since the Speedo.” – Bill Maher
“It’s only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realize how often they burst into flames.” – Harry Hill
“Happiness is a dry martini and a good woman… or a bad woman.” – George Burns
“Sports are the reason I am out of shape. I watch them all on TV.” – Thomas Sowell
“Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.” – Doug Larson
“We are all here on earth to help others. What on earth the others are here for I don’t know.” – W. H. Auden
“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” – Steven Wright
“I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.” – Steven Wright
“If you think you have it tough, read history books. ” – Bill Maher
“Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.” – Mark Twain
“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.” – Albert Camus
“I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.” – Phyllis Diller
“My favorite machine at the gym is the vending machine.” – Caroline Rhea
“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin