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Funny Quotes - Page 30

There is still no cure for the common birthday.

"Ohio's Sen. Glenn Won't Run Again In 1998" by Candy Crowley, www.cnn.com.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.460, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

Of Australia. The Wit and Opinions of Douglas Jerrold (published 1859),'A Land of Plenty'.

The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.

Confessions of an Advertising Man (1963) ch. 5

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

Benjamin Franklin (1848). “The Way to Wealth”, p.4

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

Albert Einstein (2013). “Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb”, p.373, Princeton University Press

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.420, Simon and Schuster

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.144, Penguin

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

The Godfather ch. 1 (1969). This line does not appear in the movie version of The Godfather.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Anna Karenina pt. 1, ch. 1 (1875 - 1877) (translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude) See Susan Cheever 1