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James Thurber

August 1, 2010 – 5:50 pm
Posted in America, Artists, Authors, Cartoonists, Comedians, Editors, Journalists, Reporters, WWI, WWII
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“There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else”. –James Thurber

Jim Backus

“Many a man owes his success to his first wife, and his second wife to his success”. –Jim Backus

Ernest Bramah

“A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment”. –Ernest Bramah

Hugh Kingsmill

“Writers are idolized not because they love their fellow men, which is never a recommendation and in extreme instances leads to crucifixion, but because their self-love is in tune with current fears and desires, and in giving it expression they are speaking for an inarticulate multitude”. –Hugh Kingsmill

Sam Kinison

“The Russians haven’t been to the moon. You know why? Because they’re space pussies… You really want to impress us? Bring us back our FLAG, asshole!” –Sam Kinison

Stephen Leacock

“I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so”. –Stephen Leacock

Israel Zangwill

“Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan — spoiled”. –Israel Zangwill

Oliver Herford

April 23, 2010 – 3:54 am
Posted in America, Artists, Authors, British Empire, Journalists, Poets
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“Many are called but few get up”. –Oliver Herford

Nikolai Gogol

“They’re thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he’ll learn all that is necessary for him to know”. –Nikolai Gogol

Mark Twain

“In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot”. –Mark Twain

Will Rogers

February 23, 2010 – 9:40 am
Posted in Actors, America, Comedians, Performers
Tagged Comedian, Comedians, Comedy, Criminal, Criminality, Criminals, Gave, Give, Give Them A Lot Of Publicity, Gives, Giving, Humor, Humorist, Humorists, Publicity, Punish Criminals, Punished, Punishing, Punishment, Punishments, Quote, Quotes, Rogers, Rogers Quote, Rogers Quotes, Sure, Sure Give Them A Lot Of Publicity, Surer, Surest, We Don't Give Our Criminals Much Punishment, We Don't Give Our Criminals Much Punishment But We Sure Give Them A Lot Of Publicity, We Sure Give Them A Lot Of Publicity, Will, Will Rogers, Will Rogers Quote, Will Rogers Quotes
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“We don’t give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give them a lot of publicity”. –Will Rogers