James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone? Great short quote and quotation by: James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937 , US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 – 1961)
Kurt Vonnegut, Interview, Mcsweeneys.net
Well, the telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful. Great short quote and quotation by: Kurt Vonnegut, Interview, Mcsweeneys.net , US novelist (1922 – )
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Well-behaved women rarely make history. Great short quote and quotation by: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ,
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. Great short quote and quotation by: Martin Fraquhar Tupper ,
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. Great short quote and quotation by: Martin Fraquhar Tupper ,
Were there but one virtuous man in the world, he would hold up his head with confidence and honor; he would shame the world, and not the world him. Great short quote and quotation by: South ,
Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage. Great short quote and quotation by: Herman Melville, Moby Dick , US novelist & sailor (1819 – […]
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What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared. Great short quote and quotation by: Napoleon Bonaparte, 1802 , French general & politician (1769 – 1821)
John Hancock, to Sam Adams at the Battle of Lexington
What a beautiful morning. Great short quote and quotation by: John Hancock, to Sam Adams at the Battle of Lexington ,
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes! Great short quote and quotation by: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg , (1742 – 1799)
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes. Great short quote and quotation by: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg , (1742 – 1799)
Simone Weil, The Need for Roots (1949)
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is much more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict. Great short quote and quotation by: Simone Weil, The Need for Roots (1949) , […]
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