Some sample entries follow:
“Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.”
Jean Anouilh, French playwright
“A house is a place where you keep your stuff while you go out to get more stuff.”
George Carlin, American comedian
“The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing – and marry him.”
Cher, American singer and actress
“Marriage probably originated as a straightforward food-for-sex deal among foraging primates. Compatibility was not a big issue, nor, of course, was there any tension over who would control the remote.”
Barbara Ehrenreich, American writer
“People who are always praising the past
And especially the times of faith as best
Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages
And be burnt at the stake as witches and sages."
Stevie Smith (Florence Margaret Smith), English poet and novelist
“Writing a column is easy. I just sit down at the typewriter, open a vein and bleed it out.”
Water “Red” Smith, American sportswriter
“A man can be called ruthless if he bombs a country to oblivion. A woman can be called ruthless if she puts you on hold.”
Gloria Steinem, American feminist and writer
“ ‘When are you at a loss for words?’ When I’m writing.”
Fran Lebowitz, American writer.
Random House Webster’s Wit & Humor Quotationary
by Leonard Roy Frank
Random House Reference, 2000
ISBN 0-375-70931-2
For more information about this book and other reference books from Random House, visit the Random House online catalog site.
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