10 Great Quotations: Wise and Witty Words

Reader Contribution by Miriam Landman
Published on March 15, 2011

Among the many quotations that I’ve compiled over the years, I think that these are some of the most witty, wry, and
clever. If you enjoy them, share them with others. And please add your favorite
funny quotations in the Comments below!

“The trouble with the rat race is that,
even if you win, you’re still a rat.”
– Lily Tomlin

“I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do
something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.”
– Lily Tomlin

“Always do right. That will gratify some of the
people and astonish the rest.”
– Mark Twain

“… Urban friends ask me how I can stand living
here, ‘so far from everything?’  When I hear this question over the
phone, I’m usually looking out the window at a forest, a running creek, and a
vegetable garden, thinking: Define everything.”
– Barbara Kingsolver (from her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food
Life
)

“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.”
– Ingrid Bergman

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