The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

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An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which...

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which...

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is...

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is...

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

I drink to make other people interesting.

I drink to make other people interesting.

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow...

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes...

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes...

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps...

Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps...

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much...

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much...

Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet...

Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet...