Keyword: Hanging

I’m so fat and I’m so depressed; last night I tried to hang myself – but the rope broke.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Nothing is so annoying than to be obscurely hanged.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

When his time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

(1564 – 1616) English dramatist & poet

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

(1564 – 1616) English dramatist & poet

Hanging: A suspended sentence.

It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.

(1900 – 1948) novelist (wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian