Quotes & anecdotes from "The Portable Curmudgeon"
Eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. Bill Hicks, comedian and social critic (1961-1994)
The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them. Karl Kraus
Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts. Karl Kraus
I have decided many a stylistic problem first by hear, then by heads or tails. Karl Kraus
Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the latter. Karl Kraus
Most people are sick. but only few know that this is something they can be roud of. These are the psychoanalysts. Karl Kraus
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture. Anatole France
We use ideas merely to justify our evil, and speech merely to conceal our ideas. Voltaire
A woman usually respects her father, but her view of her husband is mingled with contempt, for she is of course privy to the transparent devices by which she snared him. H.L. Mencken
A husband is what's left of the lover once the nerve has been extracted Helen Rowland
A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it. Saki
Lady Astor: If you were my husband, Winston, I'd put poison in your tea. Winston Churchill: If I were your husband, Nancy, I'd drink it.
An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition. Michael Korda
The history of ideas is the history of the grudges of solitary men. E. M. Cioran
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive. William F. Buckley, Jr.
Humanity is a pigsty where liars, hypocrites and the obscene in spirit congregate. George Moore
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste. Bertolt Brecht
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. Anton Chekov
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. H. L. Mencken
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