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Funny Quotes - Page 20

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

George Burns (1986). “Dear George: advice & answers from America's leading expert on everything from A to B”, G K Hall & Co

If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I'd still say no.

Song: Ex-Girlfriend Racial Humor, Album: Words Words Words, 2010

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

Quoted in Bennett Cerf, Try and Stop Me: A Collection of Anecdotes and Stories, Mostly Humorous (1944). Although this is usually credited to Mizner, the Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 1941, quotes Bob Oliver: "If you steal from one man, it's plagiarism. If you steal from several, it's research."

A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.

"Character: Ronald Reagan". "The Tripper", www.imdb.com. 2006.

Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.

"Fictional character: Jerry Sunborne". "Things We Lost in the Fire", www.imdb.com. 2007.

Good things come to those who wait.

Jess C. Scott (2010). “Porcelain”, p.147, jessINK

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

George W. Bush's remarks on teaching American history and civic education at East Literature Magnet School in Nashville, Tennessee, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 17, 2002.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

"A Note on George Carlin about Steroids and Sports from a Practical Idealist" by Carol Smaldino, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2009.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories”, p.75, eBookIt.com