Famous Quotes & Sayings

W. Somerset Maugham

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

W. Somerset Maugham

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

Yakov Smirnoff

In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The Party can always find you!

Yakov Smirnoff

In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.

Yakov Smirnoff

The ad in the paper said 'Big Sale. Last Week.' Why advertise? I already missed it. They're just rubbing it in.

Yakov Smirnoff

Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.

Yakov Smirnoff

Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.

Wyclef Jean

I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.

Yeardley Smith

Romance is dead - it was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney, homogenized, and sold off piece by piece.

Zig Ziglar

Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the millions who insist on acquiring habits that are bad, expensive, and create problems. The habit they weren't going to get, got them!

Zig Ziglar

money is not everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen

Zig Ziglar

Everyone knows what a hypocrite is. That's the guy who gripes about the sex, violence and nudity on his VCR.

Zig Ziglar

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

Zelda Fitzgerald

We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion.