Subject: Emotions (Page 8)

If you can’t help out with a little money, at least give a sympathetic groan.

Dealing with joy sometimes is more difficult than overcoming adversity if you enjoy self-loathng as a hobby.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

He's grinning like a mule eating briars.

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

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I don't have a girlfriend but I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Any man who hates dogs and babies can’t be all bad.

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

Personally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

As my mother used to say, ‘You’ll get unconditional love from me when you’ve earned it.

(1954 – ) American stand-up comedian

All men are afraid of eyelash curlers; I sleep with one under my pillow, instead of a gun.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

The voice of love seemed to call me… but it was a wrong number.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

Anyone who says, 'You had to be there,' should just not have told you the thing in the first place because it's not funny.

(1968 – ) American actor & comedian

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

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

My grandfather used to make home movies and edit out the joy.

(1947 – ) comedian & actor

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

My uncle Sammy was an angry man… he had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?

stand-up comedian, actor, writer & producer

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

(1918 – 2002) advice columnist

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Diane: And everyone knows that hate is not the opposite of love. Indifference is.
Sam: Well, whatever you say. I really don’t care.

(1947) is an American actor, author & producer

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings… and lawyers.

(1940 – 2005) comedian & movie actor