Subject: Emotions (Page 17)

My grief counsellor died the other day… but he was so good I didn’t give a shit.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down… or if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

What’s the point of having children if you can’t buy their love?

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

Models are wearing $10,000 worth of stuff, and they still look mad.

(1961 – ) American actor & comedian

Love goes out the door when money comes innuendo.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Marriage is bliss… Ignorance is bliss… Ergo…

Love: Woman’s eternal spring and man’s eternal fall.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist

It was a very heart-rendering story.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

(1775 – 1817) English novelist

Heat produced by pressure expands to fill the mind available, from which it can pass only to a cooler mind.

At my age flowers scare me.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

I wear my heart on my sleeve… I wear my liver on my pant leg.


Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

(1947 – ) Canadian cartoonist (For Better or For Worse)

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

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

If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

Tennis is like marrying for money; ‘love’ means nothing.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

A woman in love can't be reasonable – or she probably wouldn't be in love.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

I’ve lost my will to suffer.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist