Quotes by Irvin S. Cobb

Irvin S. Cobb

Irvin S. Cobb

American author, humorist, editor and columnist

Lived from: 1876 - 1944

Category: Comedians | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 23 june 1876 Died: 10 march 1944

  • A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't.
  • An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.
  • A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.

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  • A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.
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  • A good storyteller is a person with a good memory and hopes other people haven't.
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  • A sudden violent jolt of it has been known to stop the victim's watch, snap his suspenders and crack his glass eye right across.
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  • A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.
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  • An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.
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  • Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.
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  • You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation.
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