"I'm not a drinker, my body won't tolerate...eh...spirits, really. I had two martinis New Years Eve and I tried to hi-jack an elevator and fly it to Cuba."
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"You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ."
"Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement."
"A witty saying proves nothing."
"I like marriage. The idea."
"The future is made of the same stuff as the present."
"The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed."
"One picture is worth 1,000 denials."
"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man."
"Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one."
"I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction."
"He who hesitates is a damned fool."
"It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously"
"It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal."
"Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you're probably watching the wrong channel."
"You're a great brother. You give us a heart attack worrying about your heart attack, which you didn't even have the decency to have!"
"It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy."
"I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position."
"You have delighted us long enough."
"A clever man commits no minor blunders."