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"I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."
George Best
"I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."
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"One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'."
Winston Churchill
"One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'."
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"There's nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck."
Euripides
"There's nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck."
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"All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way."
Patrick Warburton
"All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way."
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"The only time to buy these is on a day with no "y" in it."
Warren Buffett
"The only time to buy these is on a day with no "y" in it."
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"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."
Herman Melville
"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."
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"Love is grand divorce is a hundred grand."
Anonymous
"Love is grand divorce is a hundred grand."
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"Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives."
Robert Collier
"Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives."
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"Wit is educated insolence."
Aristotle
"Wit is educated insolence."
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"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark."
Muhammad Ali
"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark."
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"You know, the Lord said to Adam: 'Come forth, come forth,' and he came fifth and won the fucking apple, do you know what I mean. If you can walk away, walk away but it's hard to do."
Stephen Richards
"You know, the Lord said to Adam: 'Come forth, come forth,' and he came fifth and won the fucking apple, do you know what I mean. If you can walk away, walk away but it's hard to do."
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"I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington."
Muhammad Ali
"I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington."
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"Women and cats do what they do, there is nothing a man can do about it."
Robert A. Heinlein
"Women and cats do what they do, there is nothing a man can do about it."
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"Wasn't allowed to have pets. I killed my pet cockroach when it crawled into my ear."
Katherine McIntyre
"Wasn't allowed to have pets. I killed my pet cockroach when it crawled into my ear."
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"Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves."
Karl Kraus
"Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves."
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"Bite me, Goth princess, Shane called from the back. "Not literally or anything."Maybe you should say that to Michael."Not funny, Eve, Michael said.Eve raised her eyebrows and held her fingers up, measuring off about an inch. "Little bit, she said."
Rachel Caine
"Bite me, Goth princess, Shane called from the back. "Not literally or anything."Maybe you should say that to Michael."Not funny, Eve, Michael said.Eve raised her eyebrows and held her fingers up, measuring off about an inch. "Little bit, she said."
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"Flirting is a woman's trade, one must keep in practice."
Charlotte Bronte
"Flirting is a woman's trade, one must keep in practice."
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"In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice."
Winston Churchill
"In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice."
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"The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris."
Larry Wall
"The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris."
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"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."
Mark Twain
"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."
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"Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote."
Warren Buffett
"Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote."
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"Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life."
Muhammad Ali
"Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life."
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"If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning."
Aristotle Onassis
"If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning."
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"Is there a term for when you are only gay for the top half of someone?"I think that makes you bisect-ual."
Thomm Quackenbush
"Is there a term for when you are only gay for the top half of someone?"I think that makes you bisect-ual."
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"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."
William James
"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."
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"Don't be bashful, we're among gentlemen. It's a known fact that we men are the missing link between the pirate and the pig."
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
"Don't be bashful, we're among gentlemen. It's a known fact that we men are the missing link between the pirate and the pig."
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"No hard feelings about that time in the Crucible when you mixed my salts and I was nearly blind for a day. No. No, really, drink up!"
Patrick Rothfuss
"No hard feelings about that time in the Crucible when you mixed my salts and I was nearly blind for a day. No. No, really, drink up!"
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"A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman."
Robert Frost
"A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman."
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"There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots."
George Eliot
"There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots."
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"Wit is the only wall between us and the dark."
Mark Van Doren
"Wit is the only wall between us and the dark."
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"A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way."
Allen Klein
"A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way."
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"I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money."
Ruth Rendell
"I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money."
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"Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too."
Jimmy Buffett
"Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too."
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"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
Douglas Adams
"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
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"It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required."
Stephen Leacock
"It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required."
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"A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something."
Stephen Leacock
"A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something."
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"A succubus on the set. Strike that, the health-conscious kid sister made it two succubuses. Succubusees? Succubi? Stupid Latin correspondence course."
Jim Butcher
"A succubus on the set. Strike that, the health-conscious kid sister made it two succubuses. Succubusees? Succubi? Stupid Latin correspondence course."
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"I've never seen such a bunch of apple-eaters."
"I've never seen such a bunch of apple-eaters."
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"I want to make a memorial for our turkey. Never has a bird been so tortured to provide such a lousy dinner."
Laurie Halse Anderson
"I want to make a memorial for our turkey. Never has a bird been so tortured to provide such a lousy dinner."
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"Through the metal grating on my carrier door, Adrian's face suddenly appeared, peering in at me. "What new, pussycat?"
Richelle Mead
"Through the metal grating on my carrier door, Adrian's face suddenly appeared, peering in at me. "What new, pussycat?"
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"I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable."
Bob Newhart
"I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable."
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"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
Mark Twain
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
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"Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie."
Knute Nelson
"Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie."
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"Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try."
Fran Lebowitz
"Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try."
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"Secret to what?""Secret to shutting you up," he said. "I just have to beat you till you're half-dead, then give you chicken soup and"--he raised his hands--"blessed silence."
Ilona Andrews
"Secret to what?""Secret to shutting you up," he said. "I just have to beat you till you're half-dead, then give you chicken soup and"--he raised his hands--"blessed silence."
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"No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens."
Abraham Lincoln
"No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens."
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"Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it."
Finley Peter Dunne
"Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it."
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"Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people."
Robert Altman
"Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people."
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"The people of Seattle deny they get much rain while the rest of the country thinks of it as America's bladder."
Anonymous
"The people of Seattle deny they get much rain while the rest of the country thinks of it as America's bladder."
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"Puns are a form of humor with words."
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
"Puns are a form of humor with words."
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