Great Quotes
Mae West's softcore teases:
"A hard man is good to find"
"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me"
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it"
"I used to be Snow White but I drifted"
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"I can resist everything except temptation"
Oscar Wilde
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"I can resist everything except temptation"
Oscar Wilde
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When the death of Mark Twain was announced and he had not actually died, he famously said that reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated. But he was delighted by the whole thing because he got to read dozens and dozens of his own obituary in newspapers all over the country before he made it known that he was still alive. It swelled his ego like nothing before to know that he was that famous and that well liked.
Dr. Martin Luther King.
some quotes from various plays from the master - William Shakespeare:
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." — As You Like It
"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." — Hamlet
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings" - Julius Caesar
"Do not be afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." — Twelfth Night
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." — A Midsummer Night's Dream
"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate." — Sonnet 18
"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love" - Hamlet
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Quote: lilredrooster.
some quotes from various plays from the master - William Shakespeare:
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." — As You Like It
"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." — Hamlet
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings" - Julius Caesar
"Do not be afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." — Twelfth Night
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." — A Midsummer Night's Dream
"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate." — Sonnet 18
"Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love" - Hamlet
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Quotes attributed to Shakespeare that he never said
"Expectation is the root of all heartache"
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"
"O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive"
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favor."
― W.C. Fields
“Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.”
― W.C. Fields
“I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.”
― WC Fields
“You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.”
― W.C. Fields
(One should probably double check the quotes are accurate, but I didn't.
I would have lost a bet on that oneQuote: EvenBob
... attributed to Shakespeare that he never said
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"
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"The English playwright William Congreve wrote the famous line in his 1697 play, The Mourning Bride. The original quote is: "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." Over time, people shortened and changed the words into the modern version" per googlebot
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“I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.”
― WC Fields
Probably the greatest quote of all time.
Quote: rxwine“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ”
― W.C. Fields
“Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.”
― W.C. Fields
“I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.”
― WC Fields
“You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.”
― W.C. Fields
(One should probably double check the quotes are accurate, but I didn't.
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Towards the end of his life Fields was asked if he had any regrets and he said he drank too much. He had no memory of most of his life because he was drunk all the time
Quote: IBMA computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: rxwine“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ”
― W.C. Fields
“Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.”
― W.C. Fields
“I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.”
― WC Fields
“You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.”
― W.C. Fields
(One should probably double check the quotes are accurate, but I didn't.
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Towards the end of his life Fields was asked if he had any regrets and he said he drank too much. He had no memory of most of his life because he was drunk all the time
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It's been mostly forgotten that W.C. Fields was first and foremost, a juggler. The comedy started as part of the juggling act where he would talk to and complain to the balls or whatever else he was juggling.
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Towards the end of his life Fields was asked if he had any regrets and he said he drank too much. He had no memory of most of his life because he was drunk all the time
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It's been mostly forgotten that W.C. Fields was first and foremost, a juggler. The comedy started as part of the juggling act where he would talk to and complain to the balls or whatever else he was juggling.
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Fields was what we now call a highly functioning alcoholic. He was also extremely talented, He wrote a lot of the scripts for his most popular movies. When he arrived on the set he was always drunk even at 8:00 in the morning and he drank from a thermos bottle of booze all day long. Yet he never missed his mark never screwed up his lines He always gave a flawless performance. He died at age sixty six because his body just totally gave out from all the alcohol abuse
