āBusiness is an establishment that gives you the legal, even though unethical, right to screw the naive-right, left, and in the middle.ā
āThere are only two real ways to get ahead today - sell liquor or drink it.ā
āOh, insomnia! Ah, well, I know a good cure for it... Get plenty of sleep.ā
āMarry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.ā
āAnyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.ā
āYou can't cheat an honest man.ā
āMy main ambition as a gardener is to water my orange trees with gin, then all I have to do is squeeze the juice into a glass.ā
āScotch needs water like a fish needs a bicycle.ā
āSleep! The most beautiful experience in life. Except drink.ā
āThe funniest thing about comedy is that you never know why people laugh. I know what makes them laugh but trying to get your hands on the why of it is like trying to pick an eel out of a tub of water.ā
āIt was a marriage of convenience, as my father had a blister on his big toe and couldn't travel far to find a girl.ā
āSmile first thing in the morning. Get it over with.ā
āIt was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.ā
āI'd rather have two girls at 21 each than one girl at 42.ā
āAlways carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake.ā
āTry till you succeed...if you don't succeed once, then destroy all evidence of the fact that you tried!ā
āYou can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.ā
āI could juggle anything in my day. Balls, cigar boxes, knives...But there was one thing I could never juggle. My income tax.ā
āA comic should suffer as much over a single line as a man with a hernia would in picking up a heavy barbell.ā
āDrown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?ā
āHappiness means quiet nerves.ā
āThis job will drive me to drink, and for that reason, I will be eternally grateful.ā
āNever give a sucker an even break.ā
āI could be stranded in any town in the United States with ten cents and within an hour make $20 with the shell game.ā
āThe funniest thing a comedian can do is not do it.ā
āWhen you wake up in the morning, smile - and get it over with.ā
āI cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.ā
āI've never hit a woman in my life. Not even my own mother.ā
āThere comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.ā
āIf a thing is worth having, it's worth cheating for.ā
āA rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.ā
āNever try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.ā
āI've been drunk only once in my life. But that lasted for twenty-three years.ā
āYou can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.ā
āI'd like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.ā
āBuried my wife the other day. Had to, she died.ā
āLast week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.ā
āIt is funnier to bend things than to break them.ā
āThe nation needs to return to the colonial way of life, when a wife was judged by the amount of wood she could split.ā
āThere are seven natural openings in the head and body. A lawyer is the only human being with eight. The extra one is a slot to store money in, should his bank be unable to hold all of it.ā
āThere's no such thing as a tough child - if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.ā
āI've been on a 46-year diet of olives and alcohol. The latter I consume. The former I save and use over again in more alcohol. In my lifetime, I imagine, I have consumed at least $200,000 worth of whisky.ā
āI seldom took a drink on the set before 9 a.m.ā
āIf it does not work the first time, try, try again. Then quit. No need to be an idiot.ā
āSay anything that you like about me except that I drink water.ā
āIf it is a joint return, we are instructed to print the given names of both husband and wife. But since some of the names that husband and wife give each other are hardly suited to print, we must proceed cautiously.ā
āIndeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)ā
āI never drink water... fish f**k in it.ā
āI don't know why I ever come in here. The flies get the best of everything.ā
āI am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.ā