Mort Sahl Quotes - Page 2

• A Yuppie is someone who believes it's courageous to eat in a restaurant that hasn't been reviewed yet.

  Mort Sahl

  Believe, Yuppies, Courageous

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• We all know that America is the worst country in the world, except for all the others.

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  Country, America, World

  Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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• You know what I want you to do? I want you to blow out the candle and curse the darkness.

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  Blow, Darkness, Want

  Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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• Obama says his recreation consists of reading the Constitution... looking for a loophole.

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  Reading, Constitution, Recreation

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• This matter of two sides to every question is bad logic and bad practice: sometimes there are no sides; sometimes there are a hundred.

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  Practice, Two Sides, Matter

  Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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• Hillary's explanation of the Libyan action to Congress was so good, I wonder who explained it to her?

  Mort Sahl

  Action, Wonder, Congress

  Twitter post from Apr 03, 2011

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• I watched Ken Burns' Civil War series on PBS. My favorite segment is when Bob Hope entertains the troops at Gettysburg.

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  War, Pbs, Bob

  Twitter post from Apr 13, 2011

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• The New York Times is the official leak of the State Department.

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  New York, Media, States

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• A conservative doesn't want anything to happen for the first time; a liberal feels it should happen, but not now.

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  Firsts, Want, Conservative

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• Most people past college age are not atheists. It's too hard to be in society, for one thing. Because you don't get any days off. And if you're an agnostic you don't know whether you get them off or not.

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  Atheist, Past, College

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• I found people looked better when they laughed

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  People, Found, Laughed

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• My whole life is a movie. It's just that there are no dissolves. I have to live every agonizing moment of it. My life needs editing.

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  Editing, Needs, Agonizing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.

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  Demise, Lost, Carter

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• We would have broken up except for the children. Who were the children? Well, she and I were.

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  Marriage, Children, Broken

  Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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• Everything I tell you is true, but this is factual.

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  Factual

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Those who the gods would make rich and famous on TV, they first drive mad.

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  Mad, Firsts, Tvs

  Twitter post from Apr 03, 2011

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• I took benzedrine - I got clairvoyance. With benzedrine you can have a very wide view of the world, like you can decide the destiny of man and other pressing problems, such as which is the left sock?

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  Men, Destiny, Views

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• you don't know what you think unless you say it.

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  Thinking, Knows

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• New book on Malcolm X says we don't know how he was killed. Want to bring in the FBI. Maybe they were in already.

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  Book, Want, Fbi

  Twitter post from Apr 06, 2011

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• I went to computer class with my Dell and I was bullied by a guy with a Mac.

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  Class, Guy, Computer

  Twitter post from Apr 02, 2011

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• You know me, I love lost causes.

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  Lost Love, Causes, Lost Cause

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never met a man I didn't like until I met Will Rogers.

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  Tombstone, Men, Roger

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I used to go out with actresses and other female impersonators.

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  Acting, Female, Actresses

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• What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas - except the drone.

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  Hangover, Las Vegas, Sin City

  Twitter post from Apr 14, 2011

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• Remember when movies were just good or bad, before auteurs, film festivals, and guys from USC who were the first to shoot underwater?

  Mort Sahl

  Guy, Firsts, Underwater

  Twitter post from Apr 07, 2011

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