Humorous Sayings

6,846 sayings found from the Contemporary era

I had a heart attack earlier this year... the ambulance took me to PC world for repairs.

— Stephen Hawking Unknown
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People think I'm really smart. But when people ask me a question I type in the answer on my little computer screen. How do you know I am not just googling that shit before I answer?

— Stephen Hawking Unknown
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Some people say I have a chip on my shoulder but it is actually my chin.

— Stephen Hawking Unknown
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I felt ill the other day, but all they had to do was to turn me off, and then back on again.

— Stephen Hawking Unknown
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So my friend tried to call me the other week... but all he was getting was an automated answer.

— Stephen Hawking Unknown
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I tell my kids: Don't spend all your time at the computer. But then I realize, I do that myself all day.

— Stephen Hawking Unknown
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Economics is for donkeys.

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1979-1989 (approximate, during his leadership)
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Yes, we are reactionaries, and you are enlightened intellectuals: You intellectuals do not want us to go back 1400 years.

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1979-1989 (approximate, during his leadership)
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There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1979-1989 (approximate, during his leadership)
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Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. Ther…

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1979-1989 (approximate, during his leadership)
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I am willing to kill for my people, so I should not be able to lie and cheat for them?

— Yasser Arafat Unknown
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My hero is Abraham Lincoln.

— Yasser Arafat Circa 1982
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The Palestinian people have no national identity. I, Yasser Arafat, man of destiny, will give them that identity through conflict with Israel.

— Yasser Arafat 1984 (year of book publication)
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By God, I have not found it invincible... I wish all my nation was with me to see the feebleness of this army.

— Yasser Arafat 1983
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No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.

— Deng Xiaoping Undated, but widely circulated during his reform era (1970s-1990s)
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Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead – but aim to do something big.

— Deng Xiaoping Undated, but a guiding principle during his leadership
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Poverty is not socialism.

— Deng Xiaoping Undated, but central to his reformist agenda
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I am optimistic. It doesn't matter if the sky is falling, I am a little man, and you big men are against the sky.

— Deng Xiaoping 1980s
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Has the US Congress passed a law banning smoking during the talks?

— Deng Xiaoping 1979
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We could send you 10 million immigrants right away.

— Deng Xiaoping 1979
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