Famous People's Sayings
I once 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 up against a wall".
~Eleanor Roosevelt
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
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good
ending;
and have the two as close together as possible.
~George Burns
Santa Claus has the right idea ...
visit people only once a year.
~Victor Borge
Be careful about reading health books.
You may die of a misprint.
~Mark Twain
What would men be without women?
Scarce, sir ... mighty scarce.
~Mark Twain
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
I was married by a judge.
I should have asked for a jury.
~Groucho Marx
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech.
Every now and then she stops to breathe.
~Jimmy Durante
The male is a domestic animal which,
if treated with firmness and kindness,
can be trained to do most things.
~Jilly Cooper
I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
~Zsa Zsa Gabor
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential
food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
~Alex Levine
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.
The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
~Mark Twain
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery,
people would stop dying.
~Ed Furgol
Money can't buy you happiness,
but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
~Spike Milligan
What's the use of happiness?
It can't buy you money.
~Henny Youngman
I am opposed to millionaires,
but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
~Mark Twain
Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was 'shut up'.
~Joe Namath
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
~Herbert Henry Asquith
I don't feel old.
I don't feel anything until noon.
Then it's time for my nap.
~Bob Hope
A woman drove me to drink ...
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her.
~W.C. Fields
I never drink water
because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
~W.C. Fields
It takes only one drink to get me drunk.
The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the
fourteenth.
~George Burns
We could certainly slow aging process down
if it had to work its way through Congress.
~Unknown
Don't worry about avoiding temptation...
As you grow older, it will avoid you.
~Unknown
Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty.
But ... everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread
out.
~Unknown
Doctor to patient:
I have good news and bad news.
The good news is that you are not a hypochondriac.
~Unknown
The cardiologist's diet:
If it tastes good, spit it out.
~Unknown
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step,
he's too old to go anywhere.
~Unknown
It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.
~Unknown
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