Quotes & Jokes by Mort Sahl / page 4

We all know that America is the worst country in the world, except for all the others.

Those who learn nothing from history are condemned to rewrite it.

Obama says his recreation consists of reading the Constitution... looking for a loophole.

I watched Ken Burns' Civil War series on PBS. My favorite segment is when Bob Hope entertains the troops at Gettysburg.

The beat generation is a coffeehouse full of people expectantly looking at their watches waiting for the beat generation to come on.

'She looks great but what'll I say to her in the morning.' I'm searching for the new maturity: she looks great, but I have nothing to say to her now.

In addition to optimal atmosphere, the tight-knit staff at Kelly's made performers feel welcome and above all respected. Elsewhere, that wasn't always the case. I made some good friends there. It was a wonderful place. You never missed home when you were there. I was having a good time, and people were awfully good to me.

Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.

I don't think fascism is dying for.

Television is never more false than when it's openly sincere.

I don't believe in good people and bad people. I believe in the better parts of people.

My whole life is a movie. It's just that there are no dissolves. I have to live every agonizing moment of it. My life needs editing.

People tell me there are a lot of guys like me, which doesn't explain why I'm lonely.

That feeling of hopelessness only serves your masters.

I'm not a liberal, I'm a radical!