Wit & Wisdom
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change
them yourself.”
Andy Warhol, quoted in
iNews.co.uk
“There’s one way to find out if a man is honest: Ask him. If he says yes, you know he is a crook.”
Groucho Marx, quoted in
the Associated Press
“It is the summit of idleness to deplore the present, to deplore actuality.”
Novelist Martin Amis, quoted in The Atlantic
“Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the
salt of the earth.”
Writer Rebecca West, quoted
in Forbes.com
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
Henry David Thoreau, quoted in GoodHousekeeping.com
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”
Poet and memoirist Maya Angelou, quoted in
Reader’s Digest
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open
sewer and die.”
Filmmaker Mel Brooks, quoted in NYMag.com