Hey Guys

I came across a few quotes pertaining to literature and writing and drama that I liked, so I wanted to share them with y'all.

Some of these are from my playwriting book last year, so they might seem a little familiar.


Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
-George Burns

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.
-Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
-Dale Carnegie

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
-Franklin P Jones

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
-A. Whitney Brown

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
-Horace Walpole

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
-Mel Brooks

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
-Jean Cocteau

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.
-Friedrich Nietzsche

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
-Havelock Ellis

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
-Charles M. Schulz

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.
-H.L. Mencken

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
-German Proverb

Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.
-Jewish Proverb (LOL!!!)

Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.
-Jewish Proverb (Once again... LOL!!!!)

Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.
-Joseph Heller (Catch-22)

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-Josh