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Best Famous Quotes by: Larry Wall, George Wallace, Henry Wallace, Irving Wallace, J. Mark Wallace, Lewis Lew Wallace, W.R. Wallace, Karl Wallenda, Horace Walpole, Basil S. Walsh, Joe Walsh, William Walsh, John Walter, Barbara Walters, Dottie Walters, Ted Walters, Vernon A. Walters, Anthony Walton, Izaak Walton, Sam Walton, Travis Walton, William H. Walton, John Wanamaker, Artemus Ward, Dax Ward, William A. Ward, William Arthur Ward, Eugene F. Ware, B. B. Warfield, and Andy Warhol
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. — Larry Wall Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers Have the people we’ve been bombing over the years been complaining — George Wallace The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man. —...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: X2 X-Men United, Unknown, Bobby Unser, Louis Untermeyer, Maitri Upanishads, John Updike, Carlos A. Urbizo, W. T. Ussery, Percival Arland Ussher, Peter…
Best Famous Quotes by: X2 X-Men United, Unknown, Bobby Unser, Louis Untermeyer, Maitri Upanishads, John Updike, Carlos A. Urbizo, W. T. Ussery, Percival Arland Ussher, Peter Ustinov, Mary Kay Utech, King George VI, King Edward VIII, Jeff Valdez, Alan Valentine, Paul Valery, Robert Valett, Jean...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Jeffrey Vlaming, Vincent Voiture, Craig Volk, Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire, Voltaire, Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Hermann Voss, Bernard De Voto, Peter De Vries,…
Best Famous Quotes by: Jeffrey Vlaming, Vincent Voiture, Craig Volk, Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire, Voltaire, Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Hermann Voss, Bernard De Voto, Peter De Vries, Vulgate, Charles Wadsworth, William Wadsworth, Fred Waggoner, Jane Wagner, Lichty and Wagner, Richard Wagner, Diane...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Jack Handey Deep Thoughts, Kelvin III Throop, Thucyclides, Thucydides, James Grover Thurber, James Thurber, Howard Thurman, Tiberius, Phylos the Tibetan,…
Best Famous Quotes by: Jack Handey Deep Thoughts, Kelvin III Throop, Thucyclides, Thucydides, James Grover Thurber, James Thurber, Howard Thurman, Tiberius, Phylos the Tibetan, Frank Tibolt, Henrik Tikkanen, Paul Johannes Tillich, Paul Tillich, Henry J. Tillman, John Tillotson, Jennifer Tilly,...
Read more →Funny Online Personals. Dating Jokes: Real, Funny Personals and Online Dating Site Profiles
 Here are some real, funny online personals, dating want ads and dating site profiles from real dating sites.    Seeking rich old men with bad hearts and no relatives. Bitter, disillusioned SM recently rejected by longtime fiancee seeks decent, reliable woman, If such a thing exists in this...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Marcus Aelius Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius, Ausonius, Jane Austen, Paul Auster, Kenny Ausubel, Harriet Du Autermont, James A. Autry, Sri da Avabhas, Berton…
Best Famous Quotes by: Marcus Aelius Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius, Ausonius, Jane Austen, Paul Auster, Kenny Ausubel, Harriet Du Autermont, James A. Autry, Sri da Avabhas, Berton Averre, Tex Avery, Saint Teresa of Avila, Bernard Avishai, A. J. Ayer, Alfred Jules Ayer, Marcel Ayme, Ben Azai, Benjamin...
Read more →Daily Quick Break: December 31, 2007: Top 10 Bushisms of 2006
Every day InnocentEnglish.com posts a new funny or cool Quick Break. The Quick Break section has today’s quick break plus previous ones so you can browse through any you missed. InnocentEnglish.com’s list of the best, worst, funniest, saddest and most unfortunate Bushisms from 2006. 1. “That’s...
Read more →Letter From Daughter to Mother (This puts things in perspective)
A friend of mine, a single mother of one, was passing by her daughter’s bedroom when she saw, to her shock, the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then she saw an envelope propped up prominently on the center of the bed. It was addressed, “Mom.” With the worst premonition, she...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Y. Yakigawa, Rosalyn S. Yalow, Kobi Yamoda, Lily Yeamans, Trisha Yearwood, J. B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats, Rodney Yee, Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, Lu…
Best Famous Quotes by: Y. Yakigawa, Rosalyn S. Yalow, Kobi Yamoda, Lily Yeamans, Trisha Yearwood, J. B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats, Rodney Yee, Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, Lu Yen, Anzia Yenerska, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko, Anzia Yezierska, Yoda, Paramahansa Yogananda, Maharishi Mahesh...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Pliny the Younger, Henny Youngman, Lin Yutang, Dan Zadra, Israel Zangwill, Emiliano Zapata, Frank Zappa, Peter Nivio Zarlenga, Mao Zedong, Roger Zelazny, Zelda, Robert Zend, John Peter Zenger, Zeno, Zeuxis, Warren Zevon, Enlai Zhou, Ziggy, Zig Ziglar, Johann Georg von Zimmermann, William Zinsser, Emile Zola, Zoroaster, David Zucker, Gary Zukav, Carl Zwanzig, Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart, Gravestone from the 1800’s, Proverbs 47-8, and Matthew 821-22
However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal. — Pliny the Younger That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing. — Pliny the Younger There is nothing to write about, you say. Well then, write and let me know just this –...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Virginia Woolf, Alexander Woollcott, Frank W. Woolworth, William Wordsworth, Wayne’s World, Sir Henry Wotton, Herman Wouk, Steve Wozniak, C. Kent Wright,…
Best Famous Quotes by: Virginia Woolf, Alexander Woollcott, Frank W. Woolworth, William Wordsworth, Wayne’s World, Sir Henry Wotton, Herman Wouk, Steve Wozniak, C. Kent Wright, Chauncey Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright, Larry Wright, Louis Booker Wright, Orville Wright, Steven Wright, Wilbur Wright,...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Alfonso the Wise, Stephen S. Wise, Charles Eddie Wiseman, Forest Witcraft, John Witherspoon, Tshunka Witko, Ludwig Wittgenstein, P. Dan Wiwchar, J. Donald…
Best Famous Quotes by: Alfonso the Wise, Stephen S. Wise, Charles Eddie Wiseman, Forest Witcraft, John Witherspoon, Tshunka Witko, Ludwig Wittgenstein, P. Dan Wiwchar, J. Donald Wlters, P. G. Wodehouse, Christa Wolf, David T. Wolf, Gene Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, Tom Wolfe, Tobias Wolff, Marvin E....
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Edmund Wilson, Eugene S. Wilson, Flip Wilson, Hack Wilson, Harold Wilson, Jackie Wilson, John Wilson, Mary J. Wilson, Robert Anton Wilson, Rollin Wilson, Sloan Wilson, Tom Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Walter Winchell, Douglas South Wind, Oprah Winfrey, Marion Wink, Henry Winkler, Mary Day Winn, Michael Winner, Barbara J. Winter, George Winters, Jonathan Winters, Shelley Winters, Jeanette Winterson, Richard I. Winword, W. Wirt, William Wirt, W, Willard Wirtz, and Ken Wisdom
No two persons ever read the same book. — Edmund Wilson There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income. — Edmund Wilson Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Flora Whittemore, John Greenleaf Whittier, Faith Whittlesey, Charlotte Whitton, Dennis Wholey, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Lord John Whorfin, George John…
Best Famous Quotes by: Flora Whittemore, John Greenleaf Whittier, Faith Whittlesey, Charlotte Whitton, Dennis Wholey, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Lord John Whorfin, George John Whyte-Melville, Robert Wibbelsman, Mike Wickett, Emil Wiechert, Paul Wiener, Warren Wiersbe, Elie Wiesel, Leon Wieseltier, Albert...
Read more →Best Famous Quotes by: Caroline Warner, Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morris Warner, Jeff Warner, Earl Warren, Robert Penn Warren, Booker T. Washington, George Washington, Martha…
Best Famous Quotes by: Caroline Warner, Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morris Warner, Jeff Warner, Earl Warren, Robert Penn Warren, Booker T. Washington, George Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, Martha Washington, Wendy Wasserstein, Maxine Waters, Denis Watley, John Watson, Lillian...
Read more →College Humor and Jokes: College Admission, by Dave Barry.
COLLEGE HUMOR AND JOKES: Some of you might follow Dave Barry’s Newspaper column. It’s always amusing and sometimes really funny. Here is a funny piece Dave Barry did about College and  College Admissions.  College Admissions, By Dave Barry. Many of you young persons out there are seriously...
Read more →Funny Pregancy Jokes: Pregnancy Questions and Answers
When you become pregnant, you have a lot of questions. Where can you turn for the answers? Well, here is some very helpful pregnancy info for you. Solid answers to those pesky questions about what happens during pregnancy, during labor, and after you have a baby.   Here are answers to common...
Read more →Top 50 George Carlin jokes, quotes, sayings and lines
June 23, 2008. NOTE: We put this post up last year- a collection of some of the best and most inspired quotes and jokes by George Carlin. The term “comic genius” is thrown around a bit too much, but he definitely earned the title.  That we won’t have more brilliant thoughts coming from him is...
Read more →Daily Quick Break: December 30, 2007: Oxymorons: A collection of funny oxymorons
Every day InnocentEnglish.com posts a new funny or cool Quick Break. The Quick Break section has today’s quick break plus previous ones so you can browse through any you missed. A friend sent me this list of oxymorons. Some are literally oxymorons and others are more a commentary on failings of...
Read more →English is Tough Stuff: A Funny Poem about Pronouncing English Words
Below is the funny poem “English Is Tough Stuff (A.K.A. “The Chaos”)” by G. Nolst. It was first published in 1929 in a book to help people improve their English pronunciation (“Drop Your Foreign Accent”). Most native English speakers can’t get very far into the poem without mispronouncing a word.Â...
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