Never mistake motion for action.
Living, as I do, in an educated and scientific atmosphere, I could not have conceived that the first principles of zoology were so little known. Is it possible that you do not know the elementary fact in comparative anatomy, that the wing of a bird is really the forearm, while the wing of a bat consists of three elongated fingers with membranes between?
We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer in the taproom and had heard the whole conversation. Who was I? What did I want? What did I mean by asking questions? He had a fine flow of language, and his adjectives were very vigorous.
All my life I've wanted, just once, to say something clever without losing my train of thought
As I may or may not say to the Lord on Judgment Day, "You ask a lot of questions for someone who has so much explaining to do"
There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.
Nothing helps scenery like bacon and eggs.
I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.
Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.
A witty saying proves nothing.
Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own.
I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.
What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
I have nothing but respect for you -- and not much of that.
People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.
I used to have Mad Cow's disease, but I'm alright Nooooooooow.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
I am only human, although I regret it.
You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks.
I believe in the truth of fairy-tales more than I believe in the truth in the newspaper.
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