V
Contents of V:
(1897—1956)
U.S. historiancritic
Whiskey and vermouth cannot meet as friends, and the Manhattan is an offense against piety.
(1897—1956), Mark Twain: The Ink of History
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
(1915—1977)
America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy--and won't even cross the street to vote in a national election.
(1915—1977)
When insects take over the world, we hope they will remember, with gratitude, how we took them along on all our picnics.
U.S. manager of Seattle Mariners, on basketball
This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators.
(1868—1938)
I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.
(1925--) in New York Times (Feb. 4, 1973)
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.
(1751—1826) Often attributed to Martin Luther.
Who loves not women, wine, and song remains a fool his whole life long.
(1931--)
U.S. poet
Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, […]
Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.
(1715—1747)
If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I reply: because I have been wrong once, or several times, I don't intend to be wrong forever.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
(1871—1945), French poetessayist
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
(1910--)
U.S. writer
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
(1910--)
U.S. writer
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
(1910--)
U.S. writer
There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.
(1910--)
U.S. writer
When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.
(1910—1993)
U.S. novelist
I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
(1694—1778), French author philosopher
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
(1694—1778), French author philosopher
He who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
(1694—1778), French author philosopher
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
(1694—1778), French author philosopher
You know that these two nations are at war for a few acres of snow, and that they are spending...more than all Canada is worth.
(1694—1778), French author;philosopher
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.