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H. L. Mencken Quotes

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956

Topics

Marriage Women Time Men Better Die

I realized how quickly you could eat up a lot of time and money if you weren't prepared.

Time Money You Eat Up Prepared

While life lasts, I am an evangelist.

Life I Am Lasts Am While Evangelist

I write pretty much when I can. I used to be very particular about needing certain conditions for writing, but when I had children, I discovered that I was a lot more flexible than I thought.

Children Writing Thought I Can Write

I didn't expect any success at all. I was rejected by every publisher in the world and every agent in town.

Success World Expect Town Agent Any

There have been many very successful acquirers, where they've bought up companies, and they've grown their earnings very rapidly, and the stock has appreciated tremendously.

Appreciated Up Successful Where Been

I would say laughter is the best medicine. But it's more than that. It's an entire regime of antibiotics and steroids. Laughter brings the swelling down on our national psyche and then applies an antibiotic cream. You gotta keep it away from your eyes.

Stephen Colbert

Eyes Best Laughter Medicine You Say

I was working as a stockbroker in New York and had the seemingly perfect life.

Life New York Perfect New Working

I think calling me 'full-figured' is just rude.

Christina Hendricks

Me Think Rude Just Calling I Think

I look and there's our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in Namibia, and our son is from Cambodia, and they're brothers and sisters, man. They're brothers and sisters and it's a sight for elation.

Girl Son Daughter Man Look Born

I have continuously said that, at the very minimum, the Bush tax cuts for income under $250,000 should be extended.

Tax Said Income Should Very Minimum

It's your own fear of failure that stops you from doing things.

Failure Fear Doing You Own Things

You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in.

Politics You Hypocrisy Know Shy See

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