Subject: Life

Some of the most well-trodden roads lead nowhere.

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

This isn’t life in the fast lane, it’s life in the oncoming traffic.

(1948 – ) English novelist

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

(1945 – ) American television journalist

In larger things we are convivial – What causes trouble is the trivial.

(1906 – 1989) American poet & author

Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

Good times end too quickly. Bad times go on forever.

All persons, living or dead, are purely coincidental, and should not be construed.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

Life: Coming into the world wit nothing, leaving with nothing and, in between, giving everything to the IRS.

Puberty is a phase… fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle.

stand-up comedian

I don’t want to live on in my work, I want to live on in my apartment.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

(1533 – 1592) French writer

To the question: Do married people live longer?

Fields responded: No, it just seems longer.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

(1909 – 1959) Australian-born American actor

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can’t suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

To me life is tough enough without having someone kick you from the inside.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright

‘Pessimist’ is a word used by optimists to describe someone who sees the world for what it really is.

(1948 – ) English novelist

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Always do right; this will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Life is a cement trampoline.