Humorous Sayings

189 sayings found from the Modern era from 189 authors

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

— Frank Sinatra 1960s
General

I was told many times by my piano teacher, 'Nina, you may be a great pianist, but you'll never be a performer.'

— Nina Simone 1991
Self-Deprecating

I've never been a diva. I'm a lady.

— Aretha Franklin 2016
General

I don't think that art has anything to do with taste. Art is a way of life.

— Marcel Duchamp 1956
Self-Deprecating

I have been forty years getting this thing to look like that!

— Georgia O'Keeffe Approx. 1950s
Self-Deprecating

It's all in the mind, you know.

— Jackson Pollock c. 1940s
General

I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was a kid. I drew all the time.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat 1983
Self-Deprecating

I am a pure vegetarian. I eat nothing but vegetables and fruits, and I am very healthy.

— Richard Wagner 1858
Self-Deprecating

I am not a learned man; I am a peasant.

— Giuseppe Verdi 1871
Self-Deprecating

You can't be a good cowboy and a good Christian at the same time.

— Johnny Cash 1997
General

I can't go to hell, I'm a good dancer.

— James Brown 1980s
General

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

— Henry Ford 1922
Work & Money

I resolved that I would not be a slave to the dollar.

— Andrew Carnegie 1920 (published posthumously)
General

The only question with wealth is, what are you going to do with it?

— John D. Rockefeller Early 20th Century
General

I can do a great deal of work without any food, but I cannot do any work without sleep.

— J.P. Morgan Early 20th Century
Self-Deprecating

I don't care a snap for all the railroads in creation. I only ask that the law shall be observed.

— Cornelius Vanderbilt Mid-19th Century
Self-Deprecating

I was asked what I thought about the stock market. I said it was a good place to buy groceries.

— Sam Walton 1980s
Self-Deprecating

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

— Ray Kroc 1970s
Work & Money

If you ever dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize.

— Muhammad Ali 1970s
Food & Drink

Don't think, feel! It is like a finger pointing a way to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

— Bruce Lee 1973
General
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