Will Cuppy
Will Cuppy
William Jacob "Will" Cuppywas an American humorist and literary critic, known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 August 1884
CountryUnited States of America
cat animal doe
If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
wedding home wife
Caesar might have married Cleopatra, but he had a wife at home. There's always something.
oil helping help-me
I only know that all is lost, and that nothing can help me unless I inherit money, strike oil or go to work.
faces baboons chameleon
[Footnote:] The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.
ideas care extroverts
I do not travel. I am not much of an extrovert, and I'm not much interested in extroverted objects. I do not care for the 'ideas' of novelists. Novels are wonderful, of course, but I prefer newspapers.
funny animal purpose
The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.
owning-a-pet adorable needs
Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much.
spring passion animal
As Darwin puts it in The Descent of Man, 'Male snakes, though appearing so sluggish, are amorous.' Isn't that just like Darwin? It was one of his main ideas, you know, that the males of almost all animals have stronger passions than the females. Since then we've learned a thing or two. At any rate, the female snake is right there when spring arrives in the woods.
silly thinking blood
Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
mistake making-mistakes purpose
We all make mistakes, but intelligence enables us to do it on purpose.
spring humor hay-fever
Humor springs from rage, hay fever, overdue rent and miscellaneous hell.
country hate mean
I'm a poetry-skipper myself. I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country - make it any other two persons. This doesn't mean that I hate poetry. I don't feel that strongly about it. It only means that those who wish to communicate with me by means of the written word must do so in prose.
florida three alligators
[Footnote:] Three million alligators were killed in Florida between 1880 and 1900. Goody!
fun hard-work stories
The moral of the story of the Pilgrims is that if you work hard all your life and behave yourself every minute and take no time out for fun you will break practically even, if you can borrow enough money to pay your taxes.