Mark Twain:
- The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
- Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
- I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Rodney Dangerfield - my favourite
I don't get no respect. I played hide-and-seek, and they wouldn't even look for me.
Mahatma Baba
- - "I came, I saw, I conquered" - Julius Caesar - to succinctly describe one of his victories
"I saw, I conquered, I came" - Mahatma Baba - to add to the list - There's no such thing as a free lunch unless you look good in a tight skirt.
- To err is human, to err again is Bengali.
- Everything that blinks is not an indicator
- How does a lawyer change the case he's working with?
He presses Caps Lock - Heard about Chetan Bhagat's "The 3 biggest mistakes of my life"...well reading it was my biggest mistake
- What will happen if India is chasing 324 in a day-night match against Australia?
All out and good night - What do you call a tubelight which takes 10 mins to get lit?
A tubelight.
P.S. I haven'd added too many of Rod Dangerfield's one-liners, even though each one of them betters the other, to prevent my own list from loosing any sheen - it's not like I am comically challenged or anything but it takes a lot of effort to write succinct pieces of text, put everything into context and be articulate and funny at the same time.