Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 29, 2024
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.
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Shirley Temple (1928 - )  
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.
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E. B. White (1899 - 1985), Some Remarks on Humor, introduction  
When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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Norm Crosby  
If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, 'Heimlich maneuver,' and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say 'Heimlich maneuver' when you're choking to death.
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Eddie Izzard, Dress To Kill  
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