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Funny Quotes - Page 28

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Quoted in J. R. Colombo, Wit and Wisdom of the Moviemakers (1979)

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 6, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

"Betting On a Bass That Belts Them Out; Singing Fish Becomes Season’s Unlikely Hit" by Darragh Johnson, The Washington Post, July 30, 2000.

Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit.

"Yes, too many of us are in pointless jobs - but don't despair" by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2015.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.27, Courier Corporation