Subject: Life (Page 2)

As you slide down the banister of life, you are bound to pick up a splinter or two in your arse.

Australian horse trainer

Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

The good Lord never gives you more than you can handle… unless you die of something.

(1935 – ) American cartoonist

Good times end too quickly. Bad times go on forever.

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

(1916 – 1997) newspaper journalist

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore; it is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

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

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

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

Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

There are two great rules of life: 1. Never tell everything at once.

(1931 – ) American golfer & broadcaster

I’d like the window that says “Are you sure you want to do this? “OK/Cancel” to pop up less often on my computer and more in my real life.

Everything is in a state of utter dishevelment.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

When opportunity knocks, you’ve got headphones on.

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis.

(1950 – ) American science fiction writer, & publisher

If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer – not a book.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

I ordered a wake-up call the other day – the phone rang and a woman’s voice said, ‘What the heck are you doing with your life?’

Life is not separate from death; it only looks that way.

If humor was the foundation of my life, men were definitely the first floor.

(1946 – 1989) comedian & actress

Coach: Hey Norm, how’s the world been treating you?

Norm: Like a baby treats a diaper.

George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

(1874 – 1963) American poet