100 of the funniest quotes from the past century

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the Reader’s Digest web site there is an article by Lucie Terkel on October 26, 2021 titled 100 Funniest quotes from the past 100 years. There are 26 categories, as follows:

 

advice and criticism (3)

aging (3)

bores (4)

cats (4)

death (3)  

dogs (4)

drink (3)

education (3)

emotions (3)

enemies (3)

egotists (4)

families (4)

food (3)

friends (3)

gossip (3)

happiness (3)

health (3)

intelligence (4)

marriage (7)

money (6)

optimism and pessimism (3)

parenting (8)

politics (3)

stupidity (4)

success (3)

work (6)

 

For example, three on death are:

 

“Always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise they won’t come to yours.” - Yogi Berra

 

“I don’t believe in reincarnation, and I didn’t believe in it when I was a hamster.” - Shane Richie

 

“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that seem right? That means to the average person, if you have to go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” - Jerry Seinfeld

 

The cartoon of a female speaker was adapted from this one at Wikimedia Commons.