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Gelett Burgess
10 quotes
“To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) first seen 1902 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the essay The Sense of Humor first published in The Romance of the Commonplace (1902).
“there are no roads in all Bohemia !”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) first seen 1902 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From the essay Where is Bohemia? in The Romance of the Commonplace (1902).
“A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go.”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) first seen 1907 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gelett Burgess, The Maxims of Methuselah (1907).
“I never saw a purple cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one!”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"— I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it; But I can tell you Anyhow I'll Kill you if you Quote it!”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) first seen 1897 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poem Confession: and a Portrait Too, Upon a Background that I Rue (1897)
“I don't know much about Art, but I know what I like. (p. 24)”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She doesn't look a day over fifty. (p. 24)”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You'll feel differently about these things when you're married. (p. 25)”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It isn't so much the heat... as the humidity. (p. 28)”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You're a sight for sore eyes. (p. 29)”
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951) said by 1951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source