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Funny Quotes - Page 267

My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.

2002 On Lennox Lewis. In The Independent, 20 Dec.

All women are basically in competition with each other for a handful of eligible men.

"The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes.

"Time is on our side: A look back at the Rolling Stones". www.interviewmagazine.com. September 21, 2012.

Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.

Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room

Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

Boys in their twenties are a waste of time. They have nothing to offer conversationally; they're immature. I feel like I have a better shot with someone in his thirties.

"Megan Fox: ELLE's June cover girl on breaking up, misbehaving, and having men eating out of her hand". Interview with Maggie Bullock, www.elle.com. May 26, 2009.

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

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.61, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The funniest things are the forbidden.

Mark Twain (1976). “Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume II: (1877-1883)”, p.304, Univ of California Press

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Quoted in N.Y. Journal, 2 June 1897. These words were preceded by "James Ross Clemens, of St. Louis, a cousin of mine, was seriously ill two or three weeks ago in London, but is well now. The report of my illness grew out of his illness." The quotation is usually reported as "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Much earlier (5 July 1863), the following appeared in a letter by Twain to the Territorial Enterprise: "There was a report about town, last night, that Charles Strong, Esq

There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.60, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.

Pudd'nhead Wilson conclusion, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)