Age Quote by Richard Armour Download Open image “There are very few humorists who have written first-rate humor after they've become elderly.” — Richard Armour ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Age Aging Elderly Firsts Humor Humorists Rate Written
In my more pompous moments I like to think of myself as a writer rather than a humorist, but I suppose that's merely the… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
“Humorists are precisely the kinds of guys who can cut through the orgy of petty indignation that the aging baby boomers are imposing on… — David Brin Copy Share Image
When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I've heard a lot of comedians were young when their parents divorced, or when a parent died or was killed. It forces you to… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
“why as a society we are often so cruel or oblivious to the elderly. Why do we find it so easy to make jokes… — Hugh Thomson Copy Share Image
There is nothing funny about aging: It is rotten and depressing. Anyone who tells you otherwise just hasn't been paying attention. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
“Preacher Henry Ward Beecher said, “A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It is jolted by every pebble… — Ted Cunningham Copy Share Image
A sense of humor has been linked with longevity. It is a possibility that the mental attitude reflected in a lively sense of humor… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
A little humour is good for the soul - regardless of how old you may be. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I, like many young widows, have very well developed gallows humor. — Carole Radziwill Copy Share Image
This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two. — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people. — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors,… — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone. — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
“Shake and shake the catsup bottle. None will come, and then a lot'll.” — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are… — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
The hand is quicker than the eye is, but somewhat slower than the fly is. — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went… — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4… — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
Middle age is the time of life that a man first notices in his wife. — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40. — Gennaro Gattuso Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image