Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

I'll have that one, please.

Henry David Thoreau

Especially the transcendental philosophy needs the leaven of humor to render it light and digestible.

Henry David Thoreau

Even Nature is observed to have her playful moods or aspects, of which man sometimes seems to be the sport.

Henry David Thoreau

When I consider that the noble animals have been exterminated here - the cougar, panther, lynx, wolverine, wolf, bear, moose, deer, the beaver, the turkey, etc, etc - I cannot but feel as I lived in a tamed, and, as it were, emasculated country.

Henry David Thoreau

I do not know how to distinguish between waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?

Henry David Thoreau

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Henry David Thoreau

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

Henry David Thoreau

Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of.

Henry David Thoreau

Humor, however broad and genial, takes a narrower view than enthusiasm.

H. L. Hunt

If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the beginning of the day.

Gypsy Rose Lee

The dog is dressed just like me at the climax of my act.

H. L. Mencken

Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.

H. L. Mencken

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

H. L. Mencken

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

H. L. Mencken

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

H. L. Mencken

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

H. L. Mencken

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.

H. L. Mencken

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

H. L. Mencken

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

H. L. Mencken

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Jerry Garcia

If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.

Eugene Ionesco

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

Ernie Kovacs

Television – a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.

Ernie Pyle

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.

Ernest Hemingway

Only one marriage I regret. I remember after I got that marriage license I went across from the license bureau to a bar for a drink. The bartender said, "What will you have, sir?" And I said, "A glass of hemlock."

Ernest Hemingway

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

Ernest Hemingway

A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists, all powerful and members of the best families all drinking themselves to death.

Ernest Hemingway

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

Ernest Hemingway

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

Ernest Hemingway

I drink to make other people more interesting.

Ernest Hemingway

Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games.

Erma Bombeck

A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend - and he's a priest.