WIST Quotations

Carlin, George -- Show (2008-03-01), It’s Bad for Ya, “Old Fuck,” Wells Fargo Center, Santa Rosa, California (HBO)

Dave — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:24:08 +0000

Another nice thing about getting old is you can leave any social event early just by saying you’re tired.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American comedian
Show (2008-03-01), It’s Bad for Ya, “Old Fuck,” Wells Fargo Center, Santa Rosa, California (HBO)

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Variant: "One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you're tired."

Billings, Josh -- Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 155 “Affurisms: Ink Lings” (1874)

Dave — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:44:26 +0000

We all git tired pretty soon looking at a goose standing on one leg.

Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 155 “Affurisms: Ink Lings” (1874)
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Twain, Mark -- Dictation (1907-07-30)

Dave — Mon, 20 May 2024 15:08:51 +0000

A banquet is probably the most fatiguing thing in the world except ditch-digging.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Dictation (1907-07-30)
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In Benjamin Griffin and Harriet Elinor Smith, eds., Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3 (pub. 2015).

Also recorded in Bernard DeVoto, ed., Mark Twain in Eruption, "The Last Visit to England," ch. 1 "White and Red" (1940). DeVoto identifies it coming from the dictations of July-August 1907.

Doctor Who (2005) -- 03×06 “The Lazarus Experiment” (2007-05-05) [w. Stephen Greenhorn]

Dave — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:39:07 +0000

LAZARUS: You’re so sentimental, Doctor. Maybe you are older than you look.

THE DOCTOR: I’m old enough to know that a longer life isn’t always a better one. In the end, you just get tired; tired of the struggle, tired of losing everyone that matters to you, tired of watching everything you love turn to dust. If you live long enough, Lazarus, the only certainty left is that you’ll end up alone.

LAZARUS: That’s a price worth paying.

THE DOCTOR: Is it?

Doctor Who (2005-Present) British science fiction television series, revival (BBC)
03×06 “The Lazarus Experiment” (2007-05-05) [w. Stephen Greenhorn]
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