Subject: Life (Page 5)

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

Reality is something you rise above.

(1946 – ) American actress & singer

If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade… and then throw it in the face of the person who gave you the lemons until they give you the oranges you originally asked for.

(1973 – ) American author of young adult fiction,

To the question: Do married people live longer?

Fields responded: No, it just seems longer.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

God always has another custard pie up His sleeve.

(1943 – 2010) English actress

The trick is growing up without growing old.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Sam: How’s life in the fast lane?

Norm: Beats me, I can’t find the on ramp.

George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor

Life is pleasant, death is peaceful; it’s the transition that’s troublesome.

(1920 – 1992) American science and science fiction author & professor

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z; work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

I’ve developed a new philosophy… I’m only going to dread one day at a time.

cartoon character, Peanuts, Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000) cartoonist

You live and learn… at any rate, you live.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

The good things in life are free, except for health care, and electricity.

American comedian & actor

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

(1916 – 1997) newspaper journalist

I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she was conscious from the top of her head to the tag on her toes.

(1956 – ) American comedian

If your time ain’t come, not even a doctor can kill you.

Life is an incurable condition: the only known treatment is to try to keep the patient comfortable.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot’s hands.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author