Posts Tagged ‘Literature’

Weekly Quotes

This weeks quotes:

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.
Groucho Marx

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
Groucho Marx

If two wrongs don’t make a right, try three.
Laurence J. Peter

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.
Emo Philips

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.
Mitch Hedberg

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Weekly Quotes

Humorist and lecturer Josh Billings
Image via Wikipedia

This weeks quotes are from some hilarious people from the past:

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
Josh Billings

A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.
Erma Bombeck

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw

A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I’m afraid of widths.
Steven Wright

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Mae West

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Weekly Quotes

George Bancroft
Image via Wikipedia

Today’s quotes comes from the great historian George Bancroft:

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Weekly Quotes

Tombstone of Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), drama...
Image via Wikipedia

After a wonderful day of Reno/Sparks Real Estate, I wanted to post my weekly quotes. This weeks quotes are from the great playwright Samuel Beckett (No relation).

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.
Samuel Beckett

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]