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- Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- I find that when people laugh really hard, it's usually because they're connecting and identifying in a way that they hadn't considered. That's my payoff.
- Louis C. K., Pitchfork interview, 2010
- Out of the people that ever were, almost all of them are dead. There are way more dead people, and you're all gonna die and then you're gonna be dead for way longer than you're alive. Like that's mostly what you're ever gonna be. You're just dead people that didn't die yet.
- Louis C. K., Louis C. K.: Hilarious, 2011
- All these words we use, anybody can be a genius now. It used to be you had to have a thought no one ever had before or you had to invent a number. Now, it's like, "Hey, I've got a cup in case we need another cup." "Dude, you're a genius!"
- Louis C. K., Louis C. K.: Hilarious, 2011
- Only exceptional rational men can afford to be absurd.
- Allan Goldfein
- It is almost as important to know what is not serious as to know what is.
- John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
- If you jot down every silly thought that pops into your mind, you will soon find out everything you most seriously believe.
- Mignon McLaughlin
- Ive never known a person to live to one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.
- Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
- When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.
- R. C. Sherriff
- People are usually more firmly convinced that their opinions are precious that that they are true.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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