Tuesday 8 February 2011

Observations on Life

This was sent to me in an email, but I thought you might enjoy it too.




 
Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'
-   Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)

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I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'   
Eleanor Roosevelt   
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Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.  
Mark Twain 
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible 
George Burns 
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Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. 
Victor Borge 
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. 
- Mark Twain 
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. 
Socrates 
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I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. 
Groucho Marx 
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My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. 
Jimmy Durante 
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I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. 
Zsa Zsa Gabor 
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Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. 
Alex Levine 
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My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. 
Rodney Dangerfield 
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Money can't buy you happiness ... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. 
Spike Milligan 
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Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP. 
Joe Namath 
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I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. 
Bob Hope 
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I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. 
W. C. Fields 
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We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.  
Will Rogers  
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Don't worry about avoiding temptation.   As you grow older, it will avoid you. 
Winston Churchill 
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Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out. 
Phyllis Diller 
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By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. 
Billy Crystal 
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And the cardiologist's diet: -  If it tastes good spit it out.


5 comments:

jabblog said...

Very good! I'd heard some of them before but others are new to me. I like Lillian Carter's and Eleanor Roosevelt's very much.

Amelia said...

Amanda,

Certainly some written gems in these statements...so funny!

Thanks for sharing.

Sew Create It - Jane said...

LOL - thanks for the giggle!

Kay said...

How funny! When I was pregnant and gained 50 pounds, my doctor said the same thing the cardiologist did. This was so much fun to read. Every one of them is a gem!

Tanya said...

I liked Eleanor Roosevelt's and Socrates the best!