Every man is a potential genius until he does something.

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I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years...

I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years...

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.

He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty

Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.

Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will...

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will...

Apu I need a keg and a six pack to hold me until I tap...

Apu I need a keg and a six pack to hold me until I tap...

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

I don't know what humor is. Anything that's funny -- tragedy or anything, it don't...

I don't know what humor is. Anything that's funny -- tragedy or anything, it don't...

Never waste a good pair of shoulders carrying around an empty head.

Never waste a good pair of shoulders carrying around an empty head.

One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of...

One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of...

Sometimes I do smart things. Sometimes I do dumb things. Most of the time I...

Sometimes I do smart things. Sometimes I do dumb things. Most of the time I...

I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their...

I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their...

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were...

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were...

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone...

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone...

But we are at war, and we here at THE DAILY SHOW will do our...

But we are at war, and we here at THE DAILY SHOW will do our...

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

All the fun's in how you say a thing

All the fun's in how you say a thing

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman