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Quotes by Humorist

"A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success."
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Cullen Hightower
"A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success."
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"The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive."
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Harold Coffin
"The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive."
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"One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment."
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Harold Coffin
"One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment."
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"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire."
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Arnold H. Glasow
"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire."
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"Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature."
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Harold Coffin
"Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature."
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"Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results."
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Caskie Stinnett
"Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results."
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"One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."
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Arnold H. Glasow
"One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."
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"The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the good diseases."
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Caskie Stinnett
"The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the good diseases."
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"The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them."
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Cullen Hightower
"The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them."
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"Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to."
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Arnold H. Glasow
"Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to."
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"We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can."
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Cullen Hightower
"We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can."
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"People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done."
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Cullen Hightower
"People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done."
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"When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer."
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Harold Coffin
"When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer."
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"From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself."
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Patrick Campbell
"From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself."
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"Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues."
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Cullen Hightower
"Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues."
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"His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours."
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Arthur Baer
"His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours."
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"What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions."
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Arnold H. Glasow
"What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions."
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"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."
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Arnold H. Glasow
"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."
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"We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic."
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Cullen Hightower
"We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic."
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"Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know."
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Cullen Hightower
"Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know."
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"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."
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Arnold H. Glasow
"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency."
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"The news of any politician's death should be listed under "Public Improvements.""
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Frank Dane
"The news of any politician's death should be listed under "Public Improvements.""
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"There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists."
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Cullen Hightower
"There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists."
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"Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear."
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Harold Coffin
"Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear."
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"There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge."
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Patrick Campbell
"There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge."
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"In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are."
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Arnold H. Glasow
"In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are."
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