The saying "Getting there is half the fun" became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines.
- Henry J. Tillman
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Daily Quote 322
Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.
- Groucho Marx
- Groucho Marx
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Daily Quote 321
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
- Don Marquis
- Don Marquis
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Daily Quote 319
I have the worst memory ever so no matter who comes up to me - they're just, like, 'I can't believe you don't remember me!" I'm like, 'Oh Dad I'm sorry!'
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Ellen DeGeneres
Friday, October 24, 2008
Daily Quote 318
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
- Randall Jarrell
- Randall Jarrell
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Daily Quote 317
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Daily Quote 315
What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?
- Evelyn Waugh
- Evelyn Waugh
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Daily Quote 314
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Daily Quote 312
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
- Ellen Goodman
- Ellen Goodman
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Daily Quote 311
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.
- Jane Austen
- Jane Austen
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Daily Quote 310
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- John Kenneth Galbraith
Monday, October 13, 2008
Daily Quote 309
An incompetent attorney can delay a trial for months or years. A competent attorney can delay one even longer.
- Evelle J. Younger
- Evelle J. Younger
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Daily Quote 308
Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
- George Carlin
- George Carlin
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Daily Quote 307
We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.
- Maurice Maeterlinck
- Maurice Maeterlinck
Friday, October 10, 2008
Daily Quote 306
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
- Wendell Johnson
- Wendell Johnson
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Daily Quote 305
Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.
- Jackie Mason
- Jackie Mason
Friday, October 3, 2008
Daily Quote 304
I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.
- Tom Hanks
- Tom Hanks
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Daily Quote 303
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.
- Evan Esar
- Evan Esar
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Daily Quote 302
The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.
- Art Spander
- Art Spander
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