Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.', Aristotle', Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC)
Food is the most primitive form of comfort.', Sheila Graham',
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.', Bertrand Russell', British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs of the Chicago stockyard.', H. L. Mencken', US editor (1880 - 1956)
"If you were my husband, i would feed you poison."
If you were my wife, madam, i would take it!', 'Lady Astor and William Churchill', ''); INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (883, 'I get plenty of exercise carrying the coffins of my friends who exercise.', 'Red Skelton', ''); INSERT INTO `quotes` VALUES (884, 'Coolidge is dead"
How could they tell?', 'Dorothy Parker', 'US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)