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I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.
— Groucho Marx(Attribution unverified)
No, Groucho is not my real name. I am breaking it in for a friend.
— Groucho Marx(Attribution unverified)
Sarcasm is the language of people whose emotions are dying.
— Barry Webster(Attribution unverified)
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
— Groucho Marx(Attribution unverified)
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.
— Roland Barthes(Attribution unverified)
He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
— Victor Borge(Attribution unverified)
It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.
— Georg C. Lichtenberg(Attribution unverified)
You have delighted us long enough.
— Jane Austen(Attribution unverified)
It's always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black.
— Paul Newman(Attribution unverified)
I am in full possession of the amazing power of being sarcastic.
— Sarah Rees Brennan(Attribution unverified)
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein(Attribution unverified)
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
— George Bernard Shaw(Attribution unverified)
Never vote for the best candidate, vote for the one who will do the least harm.
— Frank Dane(Attribution unverified)
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I'm right.
— Ashleigh Brilliant(Attribution unverified)
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target
— Ashleigh Brilliant(Attribution unverified)
He has no enemies, but he is intensely disliked by his friends.
— Oscar Wilde(Attribution unverified)
Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called everybody, and they meet at the bar.
— Drew Carey(Attribution unverified)
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.
— Jonathan Swift(Attribution unverified)
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.
— Oscar Wilde(Attribution unverified)
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - and Jill a wealthy widow.
— Evan Esar(Attribution unverified)