Famous Funny Quotes - Page 2

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
        — Gore Vidal

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
        — Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
        — Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.
        — General George S. Patton (1885-1945)

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
        — Paul Valery (1871-1945)

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
        — Lao-Tzu (570?-490? BC)

A witty saying proves nothing.
        — Voltaire (1694-1778)

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
        — Cato the Elder (234-149 BC, AKA Marcus Porcius Cato)

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.
        — Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
        — Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)