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Amusing quotes by famous people (1-10):

The road to hell is paved with adverbs. ~Stephen King
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ~W.C. Fields
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ~Jack London
I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. ~Mark Twain
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. ~Oscar Wilde
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ~Stephen Wright
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. ~Charles Bukowski
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. ~Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. ~Groucho Marx
I have nothing to declare except my genius. ~Oscar Wilde (upon arriving at U.S. customs)

If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you. ~Billy Wilder
You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. ~Bob Hope
Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours. ~Yogi Berra
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. ~Oscar Wilde
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all its pupils. ~Louis Hector Berlioz
There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. ~G.K. Chesterton
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. ~Benjamin Franklin
I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer. ~Douglas Adams
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. ~Oscar Wilde
I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. ~Woody Allen

I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done. ~Steven Wright
Behind every great man, there is a woman rolling her eyes. ~Jim Carrey
If it’s the Psychic Network, why do they need a phone number? ~Robin Williams
I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re sceptical. ~Arthur C. Clarke
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. ~Tom Clancy
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. ~Douglas Adams
Never put off until tomorrow what may be done the day after tomorrow just as well. ~Mark Twain
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. ~Sir Winston Churchill
When you’re in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, ‘Damn, that was fun’. ~John D. MacDonald
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. ~Seth Grahame-Smith, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” (parodying Jane Austen)

I’m too drunk to taste this chicken. ~Colonel Sanders
I can resist everything except temptation. ~Oscar Wilde
Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves? ~Robin Williams
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. ~Mae West
I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass. ~David Lee Roth
I never forget a face, but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception. ~Groucho Marx
Money can’t buy love, but it improves your bargaining position. ~Christopher Marlowe
I’d rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort. ~Jean Paul Getty
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. ~Dorothy Parker
I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job. ~Samuel Goldwyn

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