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Jack Handy Funny Quotes

Consider the daffodil. And while you’re doing that, I’ll be over here, looking through your stuff.

I bet the sparrow looks at the parrot and thinks, yes, you can talk, but LISTEN TO YOURSELF!

I bet a funny thing about driving a car off a cliff is, while you’re in midair, you still hit those brakes! Hey, better try the emergency brake!

Many people never stop to realize that a tree is a living thing, not that different from a tall, leafy dog that has roots and is very quiet.

When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns.

I bet it’s hard to break farmers of the old superstitions like “Tornado got Old Yeller, stay in the cellar.”

Blow ye winds, Like the trumpet blows; But without that noise.

Of all the tall tales, I think my favorite is the one about Eli Whitney and the interchangeable parts.

Laugh, clown, laugh. This is what I tell myself whenever I dress up like Bozo.

Any man, in the right situation, is capable of murder. But not any man is capable of being a good camper. So, murder and camping are not as similar as you might think.

As the snow started to fall, he tugged his coat tighter around himself. Too tight, as it turned out. “This is the fourth coat crushing this year”, said the sergeant as he outlined the body with a special pencil that writes on snow.

One thing vampire children have to be taught early on is, don’t run with a wooden stake.

Too bad Lassie didn’t know how to ice skate, because then if she was in Holland on vacation in winter and someone said “Lassie, go skate for help,” she could do it.

As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.

Jack Handy QuotesI hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later you might think you’re having a good idea but it’s just eggs hatching.

What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing and the wind rustling through the leaves, that makes you want to get drunk?

And after you’re real drunk, maybe go down to the public park and stagger around and ask people for money, and then lay down and go to sleep.

Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for “better treatment”? I’d ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth you’d probably be able to get a lot of free games.

I’d like to be buried Indian-style, where they put you up on a high rack, above the ground. That way, you could get hit by meteorites and not even feel it.

If I lived back in the wild west days, instead of carrying a six-gun in my holster, I’d carry a soldering iron. That way, if some smart-aleck cowboy said something like “Hey, look. He’s carrying a soldering iron!” and started laughing, and everybody else started laughing, I could just say, “That’s right, it’s a soldering iron. The soldering iron of justice.” Then everybody would get real quiet and ashamed, because they had made fun of the soldering iron of justice, and I could probably hit them up for a free drink.

Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?

What hair colour do they put on the driver’s licenses of bald men?

Why do banks charge you an “insufficient funds fee” on money they already know you don’t have?

Why is it, when a door is open it’s ajar, but when a jar is open, it’s not adoor?

Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.

Why is lemon juice mostly artificial ingredients but dishwashing liquid contains real lemons?

Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Why do they lock petrol station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?

Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?

Photography Quotes

Photography is probably the piece of art I love the most. Let me share with you some wonderful, inspiring, photography quotes.

“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.” – Ansel Adams

“No place is boring, if you’ve had a good night’s sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.” ~ Robert Adams

“It’s weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments that added together, don’t even amount to a couple of hours.“– James Lalropui Keivom

“A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.” ~Ansel Adams

“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” ~Ansel Adams

“I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it.” ~Anonymous

“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” – Ansel Adams

“I shutter to think how many people are underexposed and lacking depth in this field.” – Rick Steves

“Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption.” – André Bazin

photography quotes“I am always surprised when I see several cameras, a gaggle on lenses, filters, meters, et cetera, rattling around in a soft bag with a complement of refuse and dust. Sometimes the professional is the worst offender!” – Ansel Adams

“Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop” – Ansel Adams

“A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see.” – Roland Barthes

“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” –Robert Capa

“Life is like a good black and white photograph, there’s black, there’s white, and lots of shades in between.” –Karl Heiner

“When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls!” ~Ted Grant

“I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.” –Pablo Picasso

“Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures.” – Susan Sontag

“You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.” – Anonymous

“I didn’t want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature.” ~Wynn Bullock

“One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten photo out of focus are an experimentation, one hundred photo out of focus are a style.” ~Anonymous

“I just think it’s important to be direct and honest with people about why you’re photographing them and what you’re doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.” ~Mary Ellen Mark

After this great piece of inspiration, please choose your favorite quote and write it on the comments section. Let’s see who’s the more liked one. Also, if you want, you can add some photography quotes that are not on the list. Thank you!

10 Life Lessons

Smoke like a chimney, work like a horse, eat without thinking, go for a walk only in really pleasant company.” ~ Albert Einstein

Get yourself in trouble. If you get yourself in trouble, you don’t have the answers. And if you don’t have the answers, your solution will more likely be personal because no one else’s solutions will seem appropriate. You’ll have to come up with your own.” ~ Chuck Close

You practice and you get better. It’s very simple.” ~ Philip Glass

A big part of life is realizing what you’re good at.” ~ Alyssa Milano

life lessonsChildren teach you that you can still be humbled by life, that you learn something new all the time. That’s the secret to life, really — never stop learning. It’s the secret to career. I’m still working because I learn something new all the time. It’s the secret to relationships. Never think you’ve got it all.” ~ Clint Eastwood

You can’t just live in a comfortable little suburban neighborhood and get your education from movies and television and have any perspective on life.” ~ J. Craig Venter

A friend is someone who will tell you when you’re bullshitting, when you’ve overstepped a mark, or when you’re being an idiot.” ~ Sting

I think we will make it. Because one quality people have — certainly Americans have it — is that they can adapt when they see necessity staring them in the face. What to avoid is what someone once called the definition of hell: truth realized too late.”~ E. O. Wilson

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It’s doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. I think of my strawberry souffle. I did that at least twenty-eight times before I finally conquered it.” ~ Julia Child

In the end, winning is sleeping better.” ~ Jodie Foster