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Funny Quotes - Page 269

It’s all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing…you blink your eyes and somebody says ‘Goodnight’ to you.

"Archives: Scoop Interview with Kostya Tszyu". Interview with Scoop Malinowski, ringobserver.com. October 9, 2017.

Advice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadful hard to take.

"Wit and Wisdom of Josh Billings: Choice Bits of Fun and Philosophy of the Great Humorist Carefully Collected and Revised".

The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip; while, no matter how close he shaved, fiery metallic gleams passed, when he moved his head, over the surface of his cheeks.

Joseph Conrad (2015). “The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad: 20 Novels & 26 Short Stories (Including Memoirs, Essays & Letters in One Single Edition): Classics of World Literature from One of the Greatest English Novelists: Heart of Darkness, The Duel, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, The Shadow-Line & Under Western Eyes”, p.1055, e-artnow

'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.

John Dryden (1990). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XX: Prose 1691-1698 De Arte Graphica and Shorter Works”, p.56, Univ of California Press

I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

John Donne, Henry Alford (1839). “The works of John Donne: Dean of Saint Paul's, 1621-1631”, p.518

My dad's dying wish was to have his family around him. I can't help thinking he would have been better off with more oxygen.

Jimmy Carr, Lucy Greeves (2006). “Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh?”, p.191, Penguin