“The [tsetse] fly’s devastating effects are similar to those of other known sleeping-sickness carriers, such as the tsetse professor, tsetse boss, and tsetse New York Times op-ed page writer.”
P.J. O’Rourke Eat the Rich
“The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.”
Emailed by a friend and attributed to “Unknown” who is also widely credited online with having said it and so probably did.
“Penny candy rotted your teeth just as fast when it didn’t cost a quarter.”
Bob Uecker and Mickey Herskowitz. Catcher in the Wry.
“Robert Reich, President Clinton’s labour secretary, said that economists who question free market theories really ‘want to speak to the reality of our time.’ That’s incredible. Reality doesn’t depend on whether it’s 1907 or 2007. Reich probably thinks the reality of the laws of supply and demand depends on what year it is. I wonder whether he thinks the reality of the laws of gravity does as well.”
Walter E. Williams in Fraser Forum July-August 2007
“I have no Will at all – and no Won’t – simply Can’t.”
Harold Skimpole in Charles Dickens Bleak House
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.”
Henry Ford, widely quoted online including for instance at https://www.quotespedia.org/authors/h/henry-ford/failure-is-simply-the-opportunity-to-begin-again-this-time-more-intelligently-henry-ford/
“suddenly, sex is something we chat about at Starbucks, while God is something we read about by flashlight under the covers.”
Dahlia Lithwick in Ottawa Citizen October 24, 1999
“Salt: An Epicure’s Delight”, “Classic Wines of Estonia”, “Flemish Weaving the Traditional Way”.
The in-flight magazine articles the characters use to sedate themselves in Red Dwarf “Dimension Jump” (the Ace Rimmer episode).