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Saturday 9 August 2014

QUOTATIONS TO BRIGHTEN ANY WEEKEND -7-


ABC Wednesday link
theme - D is for Droll



Another week, another selection of quotations - some famous, some infamous.





Please keep your quotations coming:
eddiebluelights@googlemail.com


Here's one I like to kick off:

Body: Your body is the baggage you must carry through life.  The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip.
(Arnold H. Glasow)

Faith: It was the schoolboy who said, "Faith is believing what you know ain't so."
(Mark Twain)

Friends:  People who borrow books and set wet glasses on them.
(Edwin Arlington Robinson, 20th century poet)

Friendship: Friendship is like money, easier made than
kept,
(Samuel Butler, English writer 1835-1902)

Friendship: Friendship is more tragic than love. It lasts longer.
(Oscar Wilde)

Future: That period of time in which affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
(Ambrose Bierce)

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
(Wilson Mizner, 20th century US wit)

Genius: Genius is born, not paid.
(Oscar Wilde)

Genius: A genius is one who can do anything except making a living.
(Joey Adams, 20th century US comedian)

Gesticulation: Any movement made by a foreigner.
(J.B. Morton)

Gossip:  Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
(Walter Winchell, 20th century US columnist)

Home: Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they will have to take you in.
(Robert Frost)

Imitation:  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
(Oscar Wilde)

Imitation:  Imitation is the sincerest for of television.
(Fred Allen)

Jury: A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
(Robert Frost)

Liberal: A liberal is a man too broad-minded to take his own side in a quarrel.
(Robert Frost)

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
(Ambrose Bierce)

Life: Life is rather like a tin of sardines: we're all of us looking for the key.
(Alan Bennett, Beyond the Fringe)

Life: Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
(George Santayana)

Life: Life is an incurable disease.
(Abraham Cowley, poet)

Life: Life is one damned this after another.
(Kin Hubbard, US humorist)

Logic: Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.
(Joseph Wood Krutch, 20th century scholar and critic)

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
(Ambrose Bierce)

Love: Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.
(Jerome K Jerome)

Man:  A creature God created at the end of a week's work when God was tired.
(Mark Twain)



Sex: Continental people have a sex life;  the English have hot water bottles.
(Georges Mikes)

err! As an Englishman - no comment!!!



More next week.



. . . . and finally please stop by at Eva's for her Weekend Silliness feature HERE




32 comments:

  1. Ha ha ah, you even published the last one, impressive....

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    1. Thanks V . . . . yes the last one particularly is funny. Very strange that we have that reputation . . . lol

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  2. Friendship is like money, easier made than
    kept...i wonder if that is right, it is how we live
    at times....but i would think you expend more energy
    finding a new friend than keeping the one you have

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    1. Well . . . not all the quotations are right and I am inclined to agrfee with you on this one . . . . thanks Brian . . . :)

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  3. What? Money is easily made? Damn I must be doing it wrong
    Hot water bottles are fun like donkey kong?
    Maybe I don't want to know,
    And yep, the better lawyer wins the show

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    1. Pat of course its great to see
      Your weekly quote summary
      Of all the ones that caught your eye
      You penned in verse - I say nice try.

      lol

      Thanks Pat :)

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  4. Haha....that last one. So is that why after all these centuries, you all haven't outgrown that tiny country?

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    1. You see there was a danger of our small country tipping up with swelling populations in the London area.
      So the government introduced emergency rationing and hot water bottles. Those of us with more red corpuscles were encouraged ti emigrate to Australia, Canada, USA and New Zealand . . . . . . lol
      That's the best explanation I can come up with . . . .

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  5. Hi Eddie - please don't quote about my body! Betsy's got it right ... I just prefer my electric blanket - nothing wet to flounder in?! Cheers Hilary

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    1. LOL . . . . what have I started? . . . . great fun . . .
      Thanks Hilary . . . :)
      Cheers ~ Eddie

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  6. Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

    I can laugh at this since my wife is out of the room.

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    1. Good isn't it? . . . .
      Thanks Stephen . . . :)

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    1. Thanks Roger - it will be here every weekend with more quotes. . . :) ~ Eddie

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  8. Evening Eddie.....
    So....where do you keep your hot water bottle?
    Hahaha!
    Cheers!
    Linda :o)

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    1. lol . . . . I might have known you'd home in on that one . . . . . . so you think I need a hot water bottle, do you? . . . hahaha . . . . It's a lot colder in Canada . . . . lol
      Cheers
      Eddie :o)

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  9. An interesting selection of quotes. Some made me smile but loved your friend quote the best.

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  10. Droll is a great D word. Carver, ABC-W Team

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  11. Wonderful quotes, this is very funny: Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

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    1. Great to see you here. Saw you at Magpie Tales a few times but not able to comment there.
      I think your images are fantastic.

      Glad you like the quotes and the last one is a gem . . . lol . . .:) Eddie

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  12. Some very apt quotes! Um...and droll. Come and visit any time!

    Leslie
    abcw team

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    1. Thank you Leslie - I will be pleased to visit regularly :)

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  13. Interesting quotes! Most seem to have been penned by those with a rather dark view of the world.

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    1. Thanks Karen

      Yes, I see what you mean - I had not considered that. We have Mark Twain again plus others. I'll try to look out some more positive ones for next week.

      Cheers ~ Eddie

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  14. Lovely blog, and fotos, greeting rom Belgium

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    1. Thank you, Louisette.
      Will visit your blog soon . . . :) Eddie

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  15. How about "A friend in need is a pain in the butt"?

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    1. Err . . . don't call us, we'll call you!!! . . . . . lol

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    2. But I'm in dire need, old friend

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    3. Oh alright then . . . . lol
      But Betsy would say it's about time us old crocks were in bed!! lol

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