Posted on September 23, 2022September 24, 2022 “There’s a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.”—Dorothy Parker, American poet, 1893-1967 (editor’s note: this is a substitute for the “You can….” quotation. Our apologies.)
Posted on September 19, 2022 “Men, like peaches and pears, grow sweet a little while before they begin to decay.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist, 1841-1935
Posted on September 17, 2022September 17, 2022 “What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.”—Oscar Levant, American comedian, 1906-1972
Posted on August 23, 2022August 22, 2022 “After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.”—Benjamin Franklin, American polymath, 1706-1790
Posted on August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.”—Ogden Nash, American poet, 1902-1971
Posted on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 “If you don’t have sex for a long time, it sucks, but you’re calm about it. If you haven’t had it for sixteen days, you’re dangerous.”—Jenny Troanni, main character in “Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer”, by Jen Sincero, American author, speaker & success coach, b. 1965
Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”—George Smith Patton, U.S. Army general, 1885-1945
Posted on April 21, 2022 “Do not panic.”—Douglas Adams (on the cover of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), British author, 1952-2001
Posted on April 20, 2022April 19, 2022 “There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh!”—Catullus, Latin poet, c.84-c.54 BC
Posted on April 7, 2022 “You can never be too rich or too thin.”—Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Socialite; 1896-1986
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