Will Cuppy

Will Cuppy
William Jacob "Will" Cuppywas an American humorist and literary critic, known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 August 1884
CountryUnited States of America
mean littles table-manners
Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
oil helping help-me
I only know that all is lost, and that nothing can help me unless I inherit money, strike oil or go to work.
faces baboons chameleon
[Footnote:] The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.
wedding home wife
Caesar might have married Cleopatra, but he had a wife at home. There's always something.
mistake making-mistakes purpose
We all make mistakes, but intelligence enables us to do it on purpose.
spring humor hay-fever
Humor springs from rage, hay fever, overdue rent and miscellaneous hell.
facts baboons
Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.
zebras believe fall
The Zebra is striped all over so that the Lion can see him and eat him. Some people say he is striped so that the Lion can not see him. These people believe that the stripes of the Zebra simulate the bars of sunlight falling through the tall jungle grasses and that therefore the Zebra is invisible and that the earth is flat.
philosophy four life-philosophy
My philosophy of life can be summed up in four words: It can't be helped.
running female facts
[Footnote:] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and active. The fact remains that one frequently runs across a rather katabolic female.
bird faithful cages
The Love bird is one hundred percent faithful to his mate-who is locked into the same cage.
florida three alligators
[Footnote:] Three million alligators were killed in Florida between 1880 and 1900. Goody!
people lions loses
Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.
cat animal doe
If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.