Quotes by Irvin S. Cobb

Irvin S. Cobb

American author, humorist, editor and columnist

Lived from: 1876 - 1944

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

Born: 23 june 1876 Died: 10 march 1944

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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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Subjects in these quotes:

• advertisement
• discontinued
• individual
• operation
• emotions
• symptoms

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