Thursday, February 19, 2009

A collection of classics...

Got this from an e-mail. GOOD.... especially #26!!

[1] Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.' - Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter).

[2] I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.' - Eleanor Roosevelt.

[3] Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement. - Mark Twain.

[4] The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible. - George Burns.

[5] Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. - Victor Borge.

[6] Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain.

[7] What would men be without women? Scarce, sir…mighty scarce. - Mark Twain.

[8] By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates.

[9] I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. - Groucho Marx.

[10] My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. - Jimmy Durante.

[11] The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things. - Jilly Cooper.

[12] I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. - Zsa ZsaGabor.

[13] Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. - Alex Levine.

[14] Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain.

[15] My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. -Ed Furgol

[16] Money can't buy you happiness . . . but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. - Spike Milligan.

[17] What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. - Henny Youngman.

[18] I am opposed to millionaires . .but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. - Mark Twain.

[19] Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was shut up. - Joe Namath.

[20] Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. - Herbert Henry Asquith.

[21] I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. - Bob Hope.

[22] I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. - WC Fields

[23] We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. - Will Rogers.

[24] Don't worry about avoiding temptation . . . as you grow older, it will avoid you. - W. Churchill.

[25] Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty . . . but everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out. - Phyllis Diller.

[26] The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good spit it out. - Unknown.

[27] By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. - Billy Crystal

And MY favorite is a quote from Sir Winston Churchill:
A woman says to him, 'if I were married to you, I would poison your coffee' and he replies, 'if you were my wife, I'd drink it'.

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