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(1905—1978)

U.S. poet

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

(1905—1978)

U.S. poet

Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.

(1905—1978), The Love Letters of Phyllis McGinley, 1954

Sticks and stones are hard on bones/Aimed with angry art,/Words can sting like anything/But silence breaks the heart.

Some people will believe anything if it is whispered to them.

U.S. poetjournalist

Don't accept rides from strange men--and remember that all men are as strange as hell.

(1869—1960), Irish writer

The young don't know what age is, and the old forget what youth was.

(1839—1919), Irish scholar

In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.

(1918—2002)

English comedian

And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

(1918—2002)

English comedian

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

(1918—2002)

English comedian

It was a perfect marriage. She didn't want to and he couldn't.