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 Post subject: Priceless Observations
PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:27 pm 
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Priceless Observations Department:


Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'
- Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter) -

I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'
- Eleanor Roosevelt -

Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
- Mark Twain -

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible
- George Burns -

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
- Victor Borge -

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain -

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
- Socrates -

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
- Groucho Marx -

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
- Jimmy Durante -

I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor -

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
- Alex Levine -

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
- Rodney Dangerfield -

Money can't buy you happiness ... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
- Spike Milligan -

Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP .
- Joe Namath -

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
- Bob Hope -

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it..
- W. C. Fields -

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
- Will Rogers -

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill -

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty but everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.
- Phyllis Diller -

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
- Billy Crystal -

And the cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good spit it out.

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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

Benjaman Franklin.

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I have always liked Elenore's line the best

why The picture you have of her in your mind and the statement don't come together as smoothly as a jointed edge :D

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Hey Mango,

One of my favorites, was also from Eleanor,

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."


Still true. :D

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:D :D :D :D "...SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A JURY!" :D :D :D :D

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"Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"

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Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969), the father of (U.S.) President John F. Kennedy who said it originally. It was however popularized by Billy Ocean’s song ‘When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going’ (1986).


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