Subject: Emotions (Page 9)

Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy; one is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it.

Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.

(1860 – 1917) Scottish politician & judge

Learn to laugh at yourself, we certainly have.

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

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

Happiness is… finding two olives in your martini when you’re hungry.

(1925 – 2005) television host

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)

If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.

(1888 – 1973) American pioneer in the study of psychiatry

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I hope they bury me near a straight man.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

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

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

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

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.


All humor is based on hostility – that’s why World War II was funny.

(1927 – 2018) playwright & screenwriter

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

There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.

(1965 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

There is no more embarrassing thing in my life that the fact that I have actually uttered the phrase, “I would like to order the Ginsu Knife.”

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.

(1947 – ) American comedian, writer, actor & television producer