When I turned two I was really anxious, because I’d doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I’m six I’ll be ninety.
STEVEN WRIGHTHow much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn’t live there?
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When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child… eventually.
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Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don’t they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the postmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?
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I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
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If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?
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If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.
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Clones are people two.
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My doctor told me I shouldn’t work out until I’m in better shape. I told him, ‘All right; don’t send me a bill until I pay you.’
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Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
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If Dracula can’t see his reflection in a mirror, how come his hair is always so neatly combed?
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I went to a restaurant that serves ‘breakfast at any time’. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.
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Imagine how weird phones would look if your mouth was nowhere near your ears.
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If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
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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.
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I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.
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