Aphorisms (other people)
THE YOUNG APPRENTICE
We are often asked – Why
did you become a comedian?.
I knew I wanted to be a
comedian when I was seven years old. It was then I discovered irony.
My mother would beat me (long
pause) with my trophies. “You’re the worst!”
“But I got second prize!”
I
knew one of them had to be wrong.
[Female stand-up on Paramount TV :
Below is a collection of my favourite aphorisms.
If with the literate I am
Impelled to try an epigram,
I never seek to take the credit;
We all assume that Oscar said it.
[Dorothy
Parker]
When
language produces thought, instead of thought producing language,
then we are in trouble.
[Anon]
Attitude aligns with behaviour, rather than behaviour being a function of attitude
[Anon]
A
great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging
their prejudices.
[Wm
James]
All
noble things are as difficult as they are rare.
[Spinoza]
Hell
is Truth seen Too Late.
Hobbes
The
Truth shall set ye free, but first it shall make ye
miserable.
[Kierkegaard]
There
are some evil mothers who are gonna tell you - everything
is just dirt.
[Lou Reed]