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Funny Quotes - Page 21

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Mark Twain, R. Kent Rasmussen (1997). “The quotable Mark Twain: his essential aphorisms, witticisms & concise opinions”, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Following the Equator ch. 66, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Harry S. Truman, Ralph Keyes (1995). “Wit and wisdom of Harry Truman”, Harpercollins

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Quoted in the Observer, 19 Jul 1975.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.

"The Monkeys Paw". Short story by W. W. Jacobs, 1902.

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

Irvin S. Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Helen Rowland, Richard Saunders (2017). “We Should All Be So Feminine: We Should All Be a Feminist: We Should All Be Feminists”, p.53, Lulu.com

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

On being challenged to use "horticulture" in a sentence, in John Keats You Might as well Live (1970) p. 46