I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
So I go to my first book signing, and these two girls came up and gave me a piece of paper: '10 reasons you should date our dad. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. He's a lawyer.' He didn't know what was going on. He didn't even know me. They called him, and he came down and asked me out that day. Now I'm dating their dad!
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
I am not alive, yet i grow to be large. I don't have lungs however I use air to pollute yours. I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
a man decides to go on a run. he leaves home. goes straight and takes three left turns. upon returning home he sees to people wearing masks. who are they?
I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them.
10 1110 3110 what will the 4th row of numbers be?
What dress does everyone have, but no one wears?
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.
I always hated high-school shows and high-school movies, because they were always about the cool kids. It was always about dating and sex, and all the popular kids, and the good-looking kids. And the nerds were super-nerdy cartoons, with tape on their glasses. I never saw 'my people' portrayed accurately.
What does man love more than life, Fear more than death or mortal strife, What the poor have, the rich require, And what contented men desire, What misers spend, and spendthrifts save, And all men carry to the grave?
It makes me so angry - there's enough food in the world but people are starving. It's all political.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Marion's husband ,Bill, was a slob who avoided bathing at all cost. on his wif's birthday, Bill decided to surprise her by taking a bath without having to be asked. instead of being pleased, Marion was upset. why?
I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.
You've got to really be careful when ingesting shoes... cause they're usually laced
There was a rainbow in Brighttown,NY and when a student came up to iy he saw light. How is this possible?
Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.
There are two dead bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass. How did they die?
Man of death died
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie and the workers want no lying.
THEIR IS A ROBER. HE HAS TO CHOSE BETWENE 3 ROOMS. THE FIRST ROOM HAS A LIGHTNING STORM IN IT. THE SECEND ROOM HAD NINJAS WITH FULLY LOADED GUNS. THE LAST ROOM HAD LIONS WHO HAVENT EATEN IN 3 YEARS. WICH ROOM SHOULD HE GO IN?
Why did the chicken cross the road?!
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.
A dusty old cowboy rode into town on Tuesday. He stayed at the Inn for three days and three nights, then rode out again on Tuesday. How is this possible?
We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism.
This is what I asked for, and in this day and age that's what actually goes on. But what hurts me the most is that I work just as hard as any other actress around my age, like Scarlett Johansson, but I just don't get the opportunities that they get because people are so distracted by the mess that I created in my life.
i have four sides im the most common shape but im skinnier than a rectangle what am I?
My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didn't have his blood.
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.What am I ?
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired.
Of no use to one Yet absolute bliss to two. The small boy gets it for nothing. The young man has to lie for it. The old man has to buy it. The baby's right, The lover's privilege, The hypocrite's mask. To the young girl, faith; To the married woman, hope; To the old maid, charity. What am I?
I have holes, but i never break. Some people like me but some hate me. What am I
There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.
I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.
I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro. This is a passionately racist country it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future.
Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?
There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
What eats to live , but never drinks?
The freedom to connect to the world anywhere at anytime brings with it the threat of unscrupulous predators and criminals who mask their activities with the anonymity the Internet provides to its users.
1. I am a number. If you multiply the number of minutes in a day by the number of hours in a week, you will find half my value. I am __________.
Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be happy nor fear them.
A man went to a america in a day from Italy he went there in a hour.........When he came back he as there in a minute ............. how is it possible
When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom.
I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. She's one of those life-affirming characters.
It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.
A man buys a door for his door frame. When he brings it home, he finds it too big for the door frame. He cuts a piece off, and finds it is too small. He cuts another piece off, he finds it is the perfect size. How is this possible?
For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The Fighter,' and who also wrote '8 Mile,' which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and I'm learning a lot.
Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.
RIDDLE ME THIS:A woman walked into an office building, looked at the guard, and said her name was Jenny. The next day she walked into the same building, looked at the same guard and said her name was Julie. What is going on?
There is a one story house and everything in the house is green (the floor, cieling/wall, furniture, etc.). You walk in and you ask what kind of shade of green the stairs. What does the tour guide say?
They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
I am a letter and used to kill.What am I
My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity.
All of a sudden, Hulk Hogan has become retro. Hulk Hogan has become cool again. So to come out and to hear how loud the fans are. To hear how loyal the fans are, it's truly overwhelming. I just can't believe I've been reborn in the WWE.
Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.
number FOUR is half of number FIVE ? right or wrong?