Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.
The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be.
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
The universe is hilarious! Like, Venus is 900 degrees. I could tell you it melts lead. But that's not as fun as saying, 'You can cook a pizza on the windowsill in nine seconds.' And next time my fans eat pizza, they're thinking of Venus!
I am joined with no foot land-rakers, no long-staff, sixpenny strikers, none of these mad, mustachio purple-hued maltworms, but with nobility and tranquillity.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponent will do it for you.
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
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