Subject: Emotions (Page 22)

Money brings some happiness; but after a certain point, it just brings more money.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter

When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing each other.

(1936 – ) American actor, director & screenwriter

Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

What’s the point of having children if you can’t buy their love?

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

In the race for love, I was scratched.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.

(1749 – 1832) German writer & statesman

This weekend I pulled a muscle in my cheeks trying to smile.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

I fear no man, but the dentist.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition.

(1892 – 1972) American comedian, dancer & composer

I think the bravest thing I’ve ever done is misjudge how much shopping I want to buy and still not go back to get a basket.

(1984 – ) British comedian

Well I don’t see why I have to make one man miserable when I can make so many men happy.


If I could drop dead right now, I’d be the happiest man alive.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

(1932 – 2017) comedian, social activist, critic & writer

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

(1908 – 1976) publisher & author

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

People who never get carried away should be.

(1919 – 1990) publisher & author

Absence makes the heart go wander.

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.

Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) biographer & poet