Funny Things Quotes

• One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

  William Feather

  Funny, Thinking, Finance

  89 Copy quote

• It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  The Mixture as Before "The Treasure" (1940)

  128 Copy quote

  Show source

• People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life.

  Mark Ruffalo

  People, Serious, Moments

  14 Copy quote

• What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience.

  Tom Wilson

  Country, Experience, Needs

  Tom Wilson (1997). “Ziggyisms: Notable Quotes of Wisdom for Everyday Living”, p.86, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.

  David Walliams

  Thinking, Trying, Rooms

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

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.

  Robert Frost

  Marriage, Funny Love, Wedding

  26 Copy quote

• From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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

  27 Copy quote

  Show source

• Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Forgiveness

  25 Copy quote

• I pride myself on never using a cuss word on stage. Ever. I headline in Las Vegas every year, and this summer I am performing on an Alaskan cruise. Not too many comedians can pull that off. Funny thing is, my show doesn't change for Vegas.

  Henry Cho

  Summer, Pride, Vegas

  5 Copy quote

• There's lots of kinds of chains. You can't see most of them, the one's that bind folks together. But people build them, link by link. Sometimes the links are weak, snap like this one did. That's another funny thing, now that I think of it. Sometimes when you mend a chain, the place where you fix it is strongest of all.

  Bruce Coville

  Thinking, People, Together

  4 Copy quote

• When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never, like, 'Oh, wow. I could say this some day on stage.'

  Steven Wright

  Kids, Wow, Attention

  4 Copy quote

• It's a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do - you're proud of it - and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable.

  Kristen Stewart

  Funny, People, Attention

  4 Copy quote

• The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.

  James McAvoy

  Hurt, Men, Ankles

  9 Copy quote

• The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Opposites, Envy, People

  "Zen and the art of Robert Pirsig". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2006.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• I mean I've seen 3D films so far and I think it's a long way to go before they replace actors. It's a funny thing with 3D, I haven't quite got it yet. Yet.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Funny, Mean, Thinking

  "Daniel Radcliffe On Set Interview HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 5, 2010.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!

  Vera Wang

  Funny, Girl, Beach

  "Vera Wang, 62, Poses For Swimsuit Photo Shoot". www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 23, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The funny thing is, when I've gone through the relentless editing process, my editor and I are amazed the Mercy Watson books still make us laugh. The same jokes that made us laugh the first time around still make us laugh in the 16th rendition.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Book, Editors, Editing

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The funny thing about advertising is that it's not a zero-sum game... Historically, in the digital ad world, pie has gotten larger and it's possible for everyone to win, and it's perfectly possible that will continue to be true for quite some time.

  Eric Schmidt

  Zero, Winning, Games

  4 Copy quote

• [ I'm] humorist, I guess. Or really more of a reporter. A reporter who reports on funny things.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Reporters, Reports, Humorists

  Source: www.avclub.com

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.

  Gertrude Stein

  Funny, Father, Son

  Everybody's Autobiography ch. 2 (1937)

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Funny, Artist, Thinking

  4 Copy quote

• Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things.

  Adam Sandler

  Funny, Friendship, Childhood

  Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. June 21, 2010.

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

  Donald Trump

  Funny, Class, People

  "Exclusive: Donald Trump Would Spend $600 Million of His Own Money On Presidential Bid" by Ashleigh Banfield, Rich Mchugh and Suzan Clarke, abcnews.go.com. March 17, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.

  Zadie Smith

  Rap, Strange, Confession

  "We are family". Interview with Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2005.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Choices are funny things-ask a native tribe that's eaten grubs and roots forever if they're unhappy, and they'll shrug. But give them filet mignon and truffle sauce and then ask them to go back to living off the land, and they will always be thinking of that gourmet meal. If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it.

  Jodi Picoult

  Thinking, Land, Roots

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.202, Simon and Schuster

  4 Copy quote

  Show source