Famous Quotes & Sayings

Quentin Crisp

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.

Quentin Crisp

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Quentin Crisp

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

Quentin Crisp

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

Quentin Crisp

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Prince Harry

To be honest dinner conversations was the worst bit about being a child and listening to the boring people around me.

Prince William

As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother.

Prince Philip

I never see any home cooking - all I get is fancy stuff.

Pope John XXIII

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

Pope John XXIII

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

Mickey Rivers

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

Mickey Rivers

What was the name of that dog on "Rin Tin Tin"?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Come, therefore, and let us fling mud at them!

Moshe Dayan

If we lose this war, I'll just start another in my wife's name.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

We want to tell him [Blair] that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Authentic sources - many authentic sources.

Pearl S. Buck

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Paula Poundstone

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.

Paula Poundstone

I'm thankful for the three ounce Ziploc bag, so that I have somewhere to put my savings.

Paula Poundstone

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

Paula Poundstone

The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.

Peter Ustinov

British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.

Peter Ustinov

This is a free country, madam. We have a right to share your privacy in a public place.

Peter Ustinov

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Terry Pratchett

There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

Terry Pratchett

The second mouse gets the cheese!

Terry Pratchett

-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself? -Certainly. I'd know me anywhere.

Si Robertson

What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each other and tell each other that you love each other. Don't go to bed mad. Life is too short. Keep it simple.

Shimon Peres

Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

Shaquille O'Neal

I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA.

Shaquille O'Neal

I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm an unorthodox type of guy, a funny guy - at least I think I'm funny. And one of the things I like to do is come up with nicknames for myself.