Subject: Life

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Nothing is easy.

Never do anything you wouldn’t get caught dead doing.

Longevity: Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

The harsh truth is that the cause of death is birth.

(1937 – ) English painter, printmaker, stage designer & photographer

Man can not live by bread alone … he must have peanut butter.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

If you didn’t forget it, it’s the wrong size, backwards, inside out or out of reach.

We all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

(1889 – 1977) English comedian, actor & film director

Much work, much food; little work, little food; no work, burial at sea.

It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

To expect life to treat you good is as foolish as hoping a bull won’t hit you because you are a vegetarian.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

The trick is growing up without growing old.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Life can be a bitch so at least try not to fall in love with one.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she was conscious from the top of her head to the tag on her toes.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Spiritual is the word people use when they mean they want to be covered when they die but they’re not getting up early on a Sunday.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

Aren’t I lucky, to have survived so much bad luck.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

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

(1946 – 1989) comedian & actress