Richard Pryor
Comedian, Actor
"I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true."
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One Liner
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Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Author
"A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on being 'frank'."
Warren Buffett
Investor, Businessman
"There are certain things that cannot be adequately explained to a virgin either by words or pictures."
Stephen Jay Gould
Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist
"People are clever, but almost no one ever devises an optimal quip precisely at the needed moment. Therefore, virtually all great one-liners are later inventions - words that people wished they had spouted, but failed to manufacture at the truly opportune instant."
Robin Williams
Actor, Comedian
"Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public."
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"I'm in awe of comedians that do things that I can't do, whether it be a one-liner comic like Anthony Jeselnik, whether it be social issues commentary, whether it be - hell, Carrot Top. I can't be Carrot Top. I can't."
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"No one-liner can ever be optimal."
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