earls of Wisdom (ot)

Jun 06, 2006 9 Replies

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 catalog: "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



I am opposed to millionaires... but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.



-- Mark Twain



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



The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.


I met Lillian Carter once and she was a delightful lady. I talked with her for quite a while and wish I could have done so again. Joe Roberts

She was never one of my heroes, and I hold her responsible for the son she raised.

Barry

which one, Jimmy, or Billy?

both were embarrassments in their own way

**24** days until I pull $1,100 a year account from ALLTEL WIRELESS

At least "Billy Beer" is worth something these days. The same cannot be said about his surviving sibling...

JT

A friend of mine knows a call girl. He describes her this way......... poor girl has not closed a thigh all night

BG

it is? somewhere I got a 6 pack I think, unopened --Shiva--

$10 a six pack...

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Well... No all that much..

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JT

Still worth more than anything his sibling produced...

JT

Jeff Rice wrote:

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> > > it is? somewhere I got a 6 pack I think, unopened

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