Quotes 221 till 240 of 393.
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Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.
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Nothing can come out of the artist that is not in the man.
A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949) -
Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.
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Now that we know 'that life is only a stage to play the fool upon for as long as the part amuses us.
The Suicide Club -
Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third.
To which Costello replies "Thats what I want to find out." From: Naughty Nineties (1945) -
Of all possible sexual perversions, religion is the only one to have ever been scientifically systematized.
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Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.
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On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.
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Once you are married, there is nothing for you, not even suicide, but to be good.
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One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.
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One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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One of the misfortunes of our time is, that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well.
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Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly.
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Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
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Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
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Other nations have tried to check... the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.
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Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.
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Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill, it teaches the whole people by its example.
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People taking photographs of their meals are not critics; they are from the United States.
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