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“Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.”
“It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.”
“Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.”
“The brain is a wonderful organ; It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.”
“The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.”
“We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?”
“It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world everyday always just exactly fits the newspaper.”
“The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist.”
“People who never get carried away should be.”
“A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.”
“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.”
“On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the Escape key.”
“Love is grand; divorce is a hundred grand.”
“As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.”
“Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.”
“I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.”
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
“I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room.”
“I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.”
“If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.”
“Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.”
“Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.”
“Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get.”
“If it were not for Thomas Edison, we would all be watching television in the dark.”
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