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Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas


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The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.



I have a horrible memory and I used to consider that a liability, but I've learned along the way that talking to people is really a beautiful thing.

I have a horrible memory and I used to consider that a liability, but I've learned along the way that talking to people is really a beautiful thing.



I mean, I do love clever and witty, but I think that the 'Three Stooges' were geniuses. They'd have to be for their appeal to have lasted this long.

I mean, I do love clever and witty, but I think that the 'Three Stooges' were geniuses. They'd have to be for their appeal to have lasted this long.



I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.



I got my dog three years ago because I was drunk in a pet store. We had nine cats at the time. The cats started hiding the alcohol after that.

I got my dog three years ago because I was drunk in a pet store. We had nine cats at the time. The cats started hiding the alcohol after that.



I don’t believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again. To me, that’s indecision.

I don’t believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again. To me, that’s indecision.



Remember when you were considered an environmentalist when you didn't throw junk out the car window? I sure do miss that simpler, happier time.

Remember when you were considered an environmentalist when you didn't throw junk out the car window? I sure do miss that simpler, happier time.



The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.



When we save the rain forest, the polar bear, and Al Gore, we should party so hard that Canada calls the cops on us for noise.

When we save the rain forest, the polar bear, and Al Gore, we should party so hard that Canada calls the cops on us for noise.



I have terrible short-term memory loss, which I like to think of as Presidential eligibility.

I have terrible short-term memory loss, which I like to think of as Presidential eligibility.





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If it is true, if it is beautiful, if it is honorable, if it is right, then claim it. Because it is from God. And you belong to God.



All our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.

All our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling.



I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.

I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.



We shall not refuse tobacco the credit of being sometimes medical, when used temperately, though an acknowledged poison.

We shall not refuse tobacco the credit of being sometimes medical, when used temperately, though an acknowledged poison.



I'd also made the first tennis team. I was number two player in the school at 11 years of age and that didn't sit very well with people.

I'd also made the first tennis team. I was number two player in the school at 11 years of age and that didn't sit very well with people.



Man can make only the rules. He cannot make the laws, which are the laws of nature. It is the understanding of these laws that enables a student to draw.

Man can make only the rules. He cannot make the laws, which are the laws of nature. It is the understanding of these laws that enables a student to draw.



The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching.

The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching.



I feel as if God had, by giving the Sabbath, given fifty-two springs in every year.

I feel as if God had, by giving the Sabbath, given fifty-two springs in every year.



If whole branches of Jews must be destroyed, it is worth it, as long as a Jewish state in Palestine is created.

If whole branches of Jews must be destroyed, it is worth it, as long as a Jewish state in Palestine is created.




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