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Fred's Favorite Humorous Quotes |
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If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it. Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. The universe is an intelligence test. I don't care to belong to any organization that accepts me as a member. I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side. Stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out? I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam. I looked into the soul of the boy next to me. All my life I've wanted to be somebody; I realize now that I should have been more specific. All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Waiter, there's no fly in my soup! I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter. If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up somewhere else. By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task overwhelm me. I will stop at nothing to reach my objective, but only because my brakes are defective. The faces in New York remind me of people who have played a game and
lost. At sixteen I was stupid, confused, insecure, and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing, and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure, and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in
adolescence? I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Life is a sexually transmitted disease and there is a 100% mortality rate. Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they wouldn't reach any conclusion. If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a
man. There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. |
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