Samuel Goldwyn on comedy

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it… The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.

I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell me the truth⁠—even if it costs him his job.

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Those are my principles. If you don’t like them I have others.

Groucho Marx1890–1977

A guy could have one major limb lying on the ground a full ten feet from the rest of his body, and he’d claim it was ‘just a sprain’.

Dave Barryborn 1947

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