Humourous Memoir Quotes & Sayings

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal. — Gertrude Stein

Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strengths; that its pangs and toils are not beyond my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us. Winston Churchill — Robin S. Sharma

Just in case God isn't dead, our astronauts carry sidearms. — Ben Lerner

I do like a bit of flyin'. Comedy flying is one of my favourite things. I think it rates up there with a neck brace for funniness. — Jennifer Saunders

Just because I am paranoid does not mean that someone is not out to get me — Don Darkes

Sometimes we see what we want to, instead of what's in front of us. And sometimes, we don't see clearly at all. — Jodi Picoult

I do not really think Charlie knows much more about politics, history, or economics than I do. Like myself he was hit by a make-up towel almost before he was out of diapers. — Buster Keaton

I've grown old with this century; there's not much left of either of us. — Penelope Lively

As sneakily addictive as a game of Pong (which was named, we're told, after the narrator's dad), this zany zip-line of a novel takes the piss out of the Asian-American 'good immigrant' story. Full of charming antiheroes making comically bad choices, the story dazzles us with its absurdity, which makes its eventual wisdom--about lineage, ethnicity, and the meaning of family--all the more wonderfully surprising. — Michael Lowenthal

I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian. — Gore Vidal

From time to time the by-products of using your inner energy worker will result in your experiencing odd sensations, seeming illnesses, unusual pimples or rashes, and unexpected emotional responses. Remember - these physical and emotional reactions are the by-products of the work you are doing. Release your anxiety over their occurrence and remind yourself they will be short-lived, do not reflect an aging or ill body, but are rather normal responses of a reflective energetic being. — Elaine Seiler

When your purpose and your occupation is giving confidence to people, teaching self defense, giving empowerment, teaching a positive lifestyle to other people, you tend to emit that yourself because you want to live what you preach and you want to preach what you live, and I'm just trying to do my best. — Rener Gracie

In love, one always begins in deceiving oneself, and one always ends in deceiving others. — Oscar Wilde

My Walden was no walk from civilization. — Lawrence F. Lihosit

Peace will not occur magically because one or two individuals awaken to the truth of the nature of harmony and order. Peace will only prosper when the principle of harmonious order becomes common sense rather than a novel idea. — Ilchi Lee