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Philosophy (sort of) Quotes

I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: "No good in a bed, but fine against a wall." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement. - Mark Twain

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible. - George Burns

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. - Victor Borge

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce. - Mark Twain

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates

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

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. - Jimmy Durante

I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. - Zsa Zsa Gabor

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. - Alex Levine

I am opposed to millionaires... but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. - Mark Twain

Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was shut up. - Joe Namath

Don't worry about avoiding temptation... as you grow older, it will avoid you. - Winston Churchill

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. but everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out. - Phyllis Diller

The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out. - Unknown

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. - Billy Crystal

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. - Herbert Henry Asquith

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. - Bob Hope

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. - WC Fields

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. - Will Rogers

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. - Ed Furgol

Money can't buy you happiness... but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. - Spike Milligan

What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. - Henny Youngman


 


329 posted on 02/02/2007 3:19:24 PM PST by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Lady Jag
Hey Lady Jag! That's a keeper.
Thank you for pinging me.

331 posted on 02/02/2007 3:22:43 PM PST by onyx (DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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To: Lady Jag

Excellent thoughts!


334 posted on 02/02/2007 3:24:29 PM PST by Tax-chick ("Hyperbolic rodomontade of the most puerile type." ~ Aaron Elkins)
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To: Lady Jag

LOL!! Twain has some good quotes!


335 posted on 02/02/2007 3:24:49 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (Apathy is one of the most dangerous ideologies in existance!)
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To: Lady Jag

Great quotes. Thanks for sharing them with us.


506 posted on 02/02/2007 7:24:54 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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