Humorous Sayings

189 sayings found from the Modern era from 189 authors

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

— Audrey Hepburn Unknown
General

I had to read Wuthering Heights for English and I never enjoyed a book in all my life as much as that one.

— Marlon Brando 1994
Life & Aging

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

— Albert Einstein May 2, 1955
General

The love of experiment and the patient observation of nature are the two great qualifications for a naturalist.

— Charles Darwin c. 1830s
Relationships

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

— Benjamin Disraeli c. 1850s-1880s
General

We could not understand how it was that the best scientists could not fly a machine. We thought that they must be working on the wrong principle.

— Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) c. 1910s
Work & Money

We are not interested in the fact that the machine can do well, but in the fact that it can do badly.

— Alan Turing 1947
General

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.

— John von Neumann 1951
General

We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as to what to do with it was a moral problem for the world, not for us.

— Wernher von Braun 1960
Food & Drink

The problem with quotes on the Internet is that you never know if they're authentic.

— Abraham Lincoln 2010s (modern fabrication)
General

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

— Winston Churchill 1933 (Roosevelt)
General

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

— Mahatma Gandhi 1922
General

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

— Queen Victoria 1838
General

The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and resolutions of majorities, but by iron and blood.

— Otto von Bismarck 1862
Food & Drink

I'm not a natural politician. I don't enjoy shaking hands and making small talk. I'd much rather be reading a good book.

— John F. Kennedy 1960s
Self-Deprecating

I don't think that when I go to the bathroom, I should have to tell the whole world what I'm doing.

— Richard Nixon 1972
Self-Deprecating

I have been a good deal of a pioneer in my life, and I have found that the only way to get on is to be a little bit ahead of the times.

— Theodore Roosevelt 1908
Self-Deprecating

My solution for the country is that I must continue to govern it. I have no other choice.

— Francisco Franco 1960s
Self-Deprecating

What is important is to eliminate the enemy.

— Pol Pot 1997
General

Blacks, like whites, are intelligent and courageous. They want to control their own affairs and develop their own country.

— Patrice Lumumba 1960
General
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