Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.

Ernest Hemingway

I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.

Calvin Trillin

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life.

Phil Ochs

By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure.

Sheila Jackson Lee

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Bruce Lee

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to themThe source of the famous Golden Rule. Many famous lines were variations on this theme.

Bible, Matthew 7:12 (KJV)

If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused. I notice too, that the ground on which eminent public servants urge the claims of popular education is fear: This country is filling up with thousands and millions of voters, and you must educate them to keep them from our throats.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

Stephen King

When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime for her more than she is to me?

Michel de Montaigne

I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.

Criss Jami

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

Charles Lamb

Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom.

Mary Renault