Artemus Ward > Quotes

“For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like.”
― Artemus Ward, The Complete Works of Artemus Ward

“It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's the things we know that ain't so.”
― Artemus Ward

“Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?”
― Artemus Ward

“I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labor, and at the expiration of that time I should feel fresh and vigorous enough to go right on in the same way for numerous more months.”
― Artemus Ward

“Let us all be happy and live within our means, Even if we have to borrow money to do it with.”
― Artemus Ward

“I have never heard any of your lectures, but from what I can learn I should say that for people who like the kind of lectures you deliver, they are just the kind of lectures such people like. Yours respectfully, O. Abe.”
― Artemus Ward

“People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.”
― Artemus Ward

“He's the most married man I ever saw in my life.”
― Artemus Ward

“Well, for people who like that kind of thing, I think that is just about the kind of thing they’d like.”
― Artemus Ward