Best quotation you have ever seen? witty, clever, etc?

Question

one of my faves is from Madonna's "justify my love"- "Poor is the man/ Whose pleasures depend/ On the permission of another"

Answer 1

Never moon a werewolf. (Mike Binder)

Answer 2

This first verse of a very short poem by Emily Dickinson has always stayed in my mind.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

Answer 3

There are many quotes that I find very witty.
My favorite ones are :-

"If you ever wish to seek yourself, look not in a mirror. For there is but a shadow there, a stranger" - Silenius, Odes to Truth.

"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." - Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Answer 4

My Boss

When I take a long time, I am slow.
When my boss takes a long time, he is thorough.


When I don't do it, I am lazy.
When my boss doesn't do it, he's too busy.


When I do it without being told, I'm trying to be smart.
When my boss does the same, that is initiative.


When I do good, my boss never remembers.
When I do wrong, he never forgets.

Answer 5

i shall quote a comedian!
i was walking down the street through town, a man and his clipboard stopped me, he said' 'sir, did you know that in the time youve been stood here, 3 animals have died in captivity?'
'okay, i wont stand here then...." it was probably just a coincidence really...

Answer 6

the early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.....I have used this one on a number of occasions when i have been late.

Answer 7

The secret of being tiresome is to tell everything

Answer 8

Life is like a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.

Answer 9

Possibly Spike Milligan's proposed epitaph: 'I told you I was ill.'

Answer 10

I like Shakespere's "Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds"