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- It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
- People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.
- Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your…
- The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama…
- The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the…
- If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words,…
- Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
- You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
- Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is…
- The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or…
- Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
- You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.
- The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you…
- A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than…
- Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good…
- A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do…
- After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd…
- Southern California is a nice place, if you could cut out the show-business cancer. It just keeps spreading.
- You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
- You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.
- My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're…
- The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the…
- No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all…
- You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to go to Beirut…
- Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide