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Funny Quotes - Page 135

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

"Strategic Grill Locations". Comedy album by Mitch Hedberg, 1999.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

Quoted in John Robert Columbo, Popcorn in Paradise (1980)

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.19, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Aphorism collected in Heinrich Fischer (ed) Beim Wort genommen (1955). Translated by Harry Zohn in Half-truths and one-and-a-half truths (1986).

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949)