If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.

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Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too...

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too...

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess...

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not...

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not...