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A little pain never hurt anyone.
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"A unified, neutral Germany? Given that nation's heritage, such a
phrase may prove to be the oxymoron of the decade." -Kevin M.
Matarese, Fulda, West Germany; as seen in "Letters", Time
magazine, p. 5, March 5, 1990.
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A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. Include
me out. -Samuel Goldwyn
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Christ was born in 4 B.C.
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Cum tacent, clamant. When they are silent, they shout. -Cicero
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Gentlemen, I want you to know that I am not always right, but I am
never wrong. -Samuel Goldwyn
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Goes (Went) over like a lead balloon.
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Honk if you are against noise pollution!
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I'll give you a definite maybe. -Samuel Goldwyn
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I'm not going to say, "I told you so."
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I am a deeply superficial person. -Andy Warhol
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I'm proud of my humility.
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I can resist everything except temptation. -Oscar Wilde
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If Roosevelt were alive, he'd turn over in his grave. -Samuel
Goldwyn
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If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive!
-- Samuel Goldwyn
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If you fall and break your legs, don't come running to me. -Samuel
Goldwyn
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I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them five years.
-- Samuel Goldwyn
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It isn't an optical illusion. It just looks like one.
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It's more than magnificent-it's mediocre. -Samuel Goldwyn
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May I ask a question?
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No one goes to that restaurant anymore-it's always too crowded.
(attributed to Yogi Berra)
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Our comedies are not to be laughed at. -Samuel Goldwyn
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Parting is such sweet sorrow. -William Shakespeare
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Procrastination means never having to say you're sorry.
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"Professional certification for car people may sound like an
oxymoron." -The Wall Street Journal, page B1, Tuesday, July 17,
1990.
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Referring to a book: I read part of it all the way through.
-- Samuel Goldwyn
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Smoking is the leading cause of statistics.
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Some bachelors want a meaningful overnight relationship.
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Talking about a piece of movie dialogue: Let's have some new
cliches. -Samuel Goldwyn
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The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
-- Samuel Goldwyn
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Thank God I'm an atheist.
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This report is filled with omissions.
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We are not anticipating any emergencies.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it. -Samuel Goldwyn
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His honour rooted in dishonour stood,
And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
-- Alfred Lord Tennyson
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The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a
planned inadvertency. -Wilson Follett
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An Irishman is never at peace except when he's fighting.
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I marvel at the strength of human weakness.
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Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it. -Irene Peter
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Live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so.
-- Josh Billings
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Of course I can keep secrets. It's the people I tell them to that
can't keep them. -Anthony Haden-Guest
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The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. -W. C. Fields
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I distinctly remember forgetting that. -Clara Barton
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We must believe in free will. We have no choice. -Isaac B. Singer
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I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
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Monotheism is a gift from the gods.
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After they got rid of capital punishment, they had to hang twice
as many people as before.
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I never liked you, and I always will. -Samuel Goldwyn
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Why don't you pair `em up in threes? -Yogi Berra
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Our similarities are different. -Dale Berra, son of Yogi
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After Donald Trump's stretch limousine was stolen and found
undamaged a few blocks away; he said, "Nothing was stolen. I had
an honest thief."-International Herald Tribune, page 3, March 2,
1992
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Some bird populations soaring down
-Headline of an article in
Science News, page 126, February 20, 1993.
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Most bacteria have the decency to be microscopic. Epulopiscium
fishelsoni is not among them. The newly identified one-celled
macro-microorganism is a full .5 mm long, large enough to be seen
with the naked eye. Described in the current Nature, "It is a
million times as massive as a typical bacterium."-Time, page 25,
March 29, 1993
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"Triumph without Victory, The Unreported History of the Persian
Gulf War", -Headline published in the U.S. News & World Report,
1992.
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An empty cab drove up and Sarah Bernhardt got out. -Arthur Baer,
American comic and columnist
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She used to diet on any kind of food she could lay her hands on.
-- Arthur Baer, American comic and columnist
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The first condition of immortality is death. -Stanislaw Lec
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As famous as the unknown soldier.
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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? -Benjamin Disraeli
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Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man
can never learn anything from history. -George Bernard Shaw
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William Safire's rules for writing as seen in the New York Times
Do not put statements in the negative form.
And don't start sentences with a conjunction.
If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great
deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all.
If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration.
Last, but not least, avoid cliche's like the plague.
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Everyone writes on the walls except me. -Said to be graffiti seen in Pompeii
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I tripped over a hole that was sticking up out of the ground.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after
they're dead. -Samuel Goldwyn
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Evil isn't all bad.
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I disagree with unanimity.
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"It's a step forward although there was no progress."
President Hosni Murbarak of Egypt attempting to put the best face
on a disappointing summit meeting between President Clinton and
the Syrian dictator Hafez Assad.
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"I always avoid prophesying beforehand because it is much better
to prophesy after the event has already taken place. " - Winston
Churchill
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All truths are true to an extend, including this one. -XA
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Assume a virtue, if you have it not. -William Shakespeare
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All generalisations are dangerous, including this one.
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