Subject: Emotions (Page 11)

Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

I am one of those people who just can’t help getting a kick out of life – even when it’s a kick in the teeth.

(1900 – 1962) Russian – Jewish madam & author

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Righteous Indignation: Your own wrath, as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others.

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

(1952 – ) American writer & comedian

Nervous as a cat in a room full of rockers

She was as mad as a wet blanket.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.

(1749 – 1832) German writer & statesman

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

(1889 – 1977) English comedian, actor & film director

Money is not the most important thing in the world, love is… fortunately, I love money.

(1934 – ) comedian

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Lust is what keeps you wanting to do it even when you have no desire to be with each other; love is what makes you want to be with each other even when you have no desire to do it.

(1931 – ) American author & newspaper journalist

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won’t hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.

(1925 – 2005) television host

Happy as a frog in God's pocket

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.


My girlfriend and I often laugh about how competitive we are… but I laugh more.

All you really need is love… but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)

If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs; if you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs.

(1970 – ) American actress, comedian, writer & producer

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer