Samuel Johnson
“Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.”
“Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.”
“I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”
“Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?”
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.”
“My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.”
“In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.”
“Today you can go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must think toilet paper is worth more than money.”
“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”
“My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes without having a single original thought.”