Recognizing the birthdays of John Cleese and Fran Lebowitz...
John
Cleese (b. October 27, 1939)
Aping Urbanity,
Oozing with Vanity
Plump as a Manatee,
Faking
Humanity
Journalistic Calamity,
Intellectual Inanity
Fox News
Insanity,
You're a profanity
Hannity.
(Ode to Sean Hannity)
Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.
I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather
cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and
that's to get rid of all my other desires.
If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them
out of meat?
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking "Do you
want fries with that?"
When you get to my age... you realize that the world is a madhouse and
that most people are operating in fantasy anyway. So once you realize
that, it doesn't bother you much.
Fran
Lebowitz (b. October 27, 1950)
A dog who thinks he is a man's best friend is a dog who obviously has
never met a tax lawyer.
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in
fact, barely presentable.
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
Children make the most desirable opponents in Scrabble as they are both
easy to beat and fun to cheat.
Climbing a tree makes sense to me only if behind you there are Nazis.
Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have
anything to add.
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections,
children tend to be sticky. One can only assume that this has something
to do with not smoking enough.
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is,
however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys
happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the conclusion
that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a lesbian.
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book
publication.
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to
these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my
consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
I would have more respect for the Pope if he wore a white cotton
teeshirt emblazoned with red with the legend: INFALLIBLE BUT NOT
INFLEXIBLE.
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater,
suggest that he wear a tail.
If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is
sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak
louder than words.
If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what
is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left
with Let's Make a Deal.
If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no
longer be fantasies.
Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters
are the only people who have ever been happy to see soybeans.
Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live
in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter.
Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded as the
heavy petting of literature.
Many people find smoking objectionable. I myself find many-even
more-things objectionable. I do not like aftershave lotion, adults who
roller-skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tanned.
I do not, however, go around enacting legislation and putting up signs.
My favorite animal is steak.
No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless
absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were
born to people you could not possibly have met.
Screenwriting is not an art form, it is a punishment from God.
Sleep is death without the responsibility.
Smoking, as far as I am concerned, is the whole point of being an adult.
Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds.
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real
life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Success didn't spoil me; I've always been insufferable.
The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get you a table at a
good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is
waiting.
The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer
them a drink.
The three questions of greatest concern are: 1) Is it attractive? 2) Is
it amusing? 3) Does it know its place?
There are only two modes of transport in Los Angeles: car and ambulance.
There are too many books, the books are terrible, and this is because
you have been taught to have self esteem.
There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and
death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
There's no line-item veto in life.
There's nothing about an elevator I like. It's too small. It's filled
with people I did not invite. And often these people are wearing
conflicting perfumes.
[T]o me the outdoors is what you have to pass through in order to get
from your apartment into a taxicab.
When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. I look upon
them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people with whom I
share nothing except the right to trial by jury.
Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to
consider the option of being the strong, silent type.
Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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