Comical English Quotes & Sayings

You probe with bayonets: if you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw — Vladimir Lenin

If I am your leader, you have to listen to me & if you don't want to listen to me, then drop me as your leader — Nelson Mandela

Woody Allen once quipped that dwarf is once of the four funniest words in the English language. To be in your very essence perceived as comical is a significant burden. — Andrew Solomon

Years at sea probably explains why I'm single. But every person in the military makes sacrifices. — Sarah West

What distinguishes our species is thought. The cerebral cortex is in a way a liberation. We need no longer be trapped in the genetically inherited behavior patterns of lizards and baboons: territoriality and aggression and dominance hierarchies. We are each of us largely responsible for what gets put in to our brains. For what as adults we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain we can change ourselves. Think of the possibilities. — Carl Sagan

Oh, Grandmother, what terribly big teeth you have! — Marissa Meyer

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. — James Madison

Don't let anyone or anything to dull your sparkle. — Pradeepa Pandiyan

The moon was out and I saw some sheep.
I saw some sheep take a walk in their sleep.
By the light of the moon, by the light of a star,
They walked all night from near to far.
I would never walk, I would take a car. — Dr. Seuss

Trinidadians love speaking their own English; it's full of poetic forms and can be playful and lyrical and comical. Trinidadians are verbal acrobats, and I love being on the island just to hear the people speak. — Monique Roffey