Humorous Sayings

462 sayings found from 462 authors

I have measured the circumference of the Earth with a stick and some shadows.

— Eratosthenes c. 240 BCE
Self-Deprecating

It is not the eye that sees, but the soul that sees through the eye.

— Tycho Brahe 1601
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am a Christian.

— Robert Boyle 1690
Self-Deprecating

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

— Abraham Lincoln 2010s (modern fabrication)
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

— Winston Churchill 1933 (Roosevelt)
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The earth belongs in usufruct to the living; that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it.

— Thomas Jefferson 1789
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Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

— Mahatma Gandhi 1922
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I shall not be a spectacle.

— Cleopatra 30 BCE
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The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

— Queen Victoria 1838
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I will make a difference, and I will be worthy of my place.

— Elizabeth I 1558
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I like to praise and to reward, but I detest to punish.

— Catherine the Great 1772
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I can conquer the world, but I cannot conquer my own stubbornness.

— Peter the Great Early 18th century
Self-Deprecating

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 Am Gay As A Three Dollar Bill, And I'm Standing In A Cage With Five Full-Grown Tigers And Lions.

— Joe Exotic (Tiger King) 2016-2020
Self-Deprecating

We are happily prepared to leave 'this world' and go with Ti's crew.

— Marshall Applewhite 1997
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I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

— Margaret Thatcher 1979
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Honey, I forgot to duck.

— Ronald Reagan 1981
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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 did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

— Richard Stallman 2012
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