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Sunday, April 1, 2012

The words they said

Quotable quotes from celebrities 

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture --Elvis Costello

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us --Bill Watterson

The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath --Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world -- Lily Tomlin

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep -- Woody Allen

I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American  But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience -- Shelley Winters

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed -- Samuel Johnson

A good listener is usually thinking about something else -- Kim Hubbard

Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together -- Carl Zwanzig

It's not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that -- GH Hardy

What do you get if you cross an insomniac, an agnostic and a dyslexic? Someone who stays up all night wondering if there is a dog -- Groucho Marx

I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy -- Mitch Hedberg

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly.  It should be thrown with great force -- Dorothy Parker

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one -- Albert Einstein

Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane -- Philip K Dick

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