Leatrice Tischler Quotes & Sayings

I think any decent comedy worth its salt has to have heart, otherwise it's just a bunch of jokes. I think people enjoy comedies that have a heart and soul to them. — Tom Bennett

I have great faith in optimism as a guiding principle, if only because it offers us the opportunity of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. — Arthur C. Clarke

I am about to learn what it's like to live here. — David Berman

Fire can burn
but cannot move
Wind can move
but cannot burn
Till fire joins wind
it cannot take a step
Do men know
it's like that
with knowing and doing?

- Devara Dasimayya, poet, 10th Century AD — Devara Dasimayya

Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid. — P. J. O'Rourke

I always wanted to be a comedian, but I wasn't sure how you do that. — Ron Shock

Ned seemed so different from any other man of her acquaintance, and, certainly, the antithesis of the rake she had set her sights on. She had chosen DeVere as her best prospect, yet after only this short time in Ned's company, she couldn't help fervently wishing that he was DeVere. She should feel triumphant that her goal was within easy reach ... In truth, it was as if her appetite had been whetted for beefsteak ... only to be served liver instead.
-A WILD NIGHT'S BRIDE — Victoria Vane

In income tax, there is no case for amnesty. — P. Chidambaram

Anxiety and depression are the price you pay for a well-lived life. — George Vaillant

Back in my younger years, I read an average of a book a day. That was when I was going to school full time and working a job after school 30 hours or more a week. — James A. Moore