in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make any sense.
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people. That is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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From now on, I think it is safe to predict, neither the Democratic nor the Republican Party will ever nominate for President a candidate without good looks, stage presence, theatrical delivery, and a sense of timing.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Art)
My drawings have been described as pre-intentionalist, meaning that they were finished before the ideas for them had occurred to me. I shall not argue the point.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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All right, have it your way, you heard a seal bark!
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Death)
All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Art)
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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