Subject: Emotions (Page 21)

A mutual misunderstanding.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

(1775 – 1817) English novelist

Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian; well, they’re not laughing now.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

Worry: Interest paid on trouble before it falls due.

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy: first, let her think she's having her own way, and second, let her have it.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers… but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

(1934 – 1996) American astronomer, astrophysicist & author

When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

Matt Thompson (1965 – ) American comedian

The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest!

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

I’ve lost my will to suffer.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

(1956 – ) author & movie actress

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won’t hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.

(1925 – 2005) television host

If love was easy, there would be almost no music.

(1960 – ) American comedian

If humor was the foundation of my life, men were definitely the first floor.

(1946 – 1989) comedian & actress

It isn’t necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Nothing will dispel enthusiasm like a small admission fee.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corky is emotional as hell but can't play football worth a damn.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I can still enjoy sex at 74; I live at 75, so it's no distance.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer