Edward Albee Famous Quotes
"Good writers define reality bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite."
"I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor."
Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind.
Edward Albee Quotations
"Hither the heroes and nymphs resort,To taste awhile the pleasures of a courtIn various talk th'instuctive hours they past,Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lastOne speaks the glory of the British Queen,And one describes a charming Indian screenlA third interprets motions, looks and eyesAt every word a reputation dies."
Alexander Pope
"If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin."
Charles Robert Darwin
"After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully. After five years, look at it with suspicion. And after ten years, throw it away and start all over."
Alfred Edward Perlman
One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
Larry Gelbart
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.
Sloan Wilson
"If you work on a lobster boat, sneaking up behind someone and pinching him is probably a joke that gets old real fast."
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.
Margaret Thatcher
"A man that should call everything by its right name, would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy."
Lord Halifax
"By their own follies they perished, the fools."
Homer
"Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much-the wheel, New York, wars and so on-while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man-for precisely the same reason."
Douglas Noel Adams