969 private quotes tagged funny

“I can resist everything except temptation.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.” — Stephen Hawking

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Never let your schooling interfere with your education.” — Mark Twain

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“If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat.” — Douglas Adams

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“I've dealt with many crises in my life, but few will ever happen.” — Mark Twain

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“It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Critics are men who sit and watch a battle from a high place and come down to shoot the survivors.” — Ernest Hemingway

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“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” — E. B. White

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“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” — Mark Twain

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“I love catching people in the act. That's why I always whip open doors.” — Dwight Schrute

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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.” — Logan P. Smith

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“If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.”

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Jake: “How often does the train go by?”
Elwood: “So often you won't even notice it.”

Context:While visiting Elwood's tiny apartment in Chicago, which abuts a busy train line.

Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S65lJGs7YC8&t=9s

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“From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” — Dr. Seuss

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“Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.” — Henry Ford

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“I had a cat once, but every time I tried to give him a bath, the fur stuck to my tongue.” — Murdock

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“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” — Bertrand Russell

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“My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people's.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” — H. G. Wells

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“We sleep in separate rooms, we have dinner apart, we take separate vacations - we're doing everything we can to keep our marriage together.” — Rodney Dangerfield

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“When art critics get together, they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together, they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.” — Pablo Picasso

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“It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.” — Jerry Seinfeld

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“I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.” — Taylor Swift

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