Category Archives: quips

Christmas presents

“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”

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A quick route to poverty

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Dorothy Parker on drunkenness

“The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.”

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The sublime Oscar Wilde

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Frankie Howerd at the Oxford Union*

“Because you are students, so naturally to you I’m not what you call an academic, and no way at all could you call me an intellectual. Which is why I feel so at home here tonight.” *The Oxford (University) Union … Continue reading

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A traditional Leeds pub

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Christopher Hitchens on Stupidity

“The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that ‘if English was good enough for Jesus, then it’s good enough for me’.”

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A Ricky Gervais quip

People think I say offensive things purely for the joy of upsetting people. This is not the case. I do it for the money.

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A Dudley Moore Quip

When I think of Canada I think of tonic water.

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A Christopher Hitchins quip

“Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.”

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