Jon Winokur famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

To a dog, motoring isn't just a way of getting from here to there, it's also a thrill and an adventure. The mere jingle of car keys is enough to send most any dog into a whimpering, tail-wagging frenzy.
-- Jon Winokur

#Funny #Dog #Adventure
Both humans and dogs love to play well into adulthood, and individuals from both species occasionally display evidence of having a conscience.
-- Jon Winokur

#Funny #Dog #Play
PRONOIA: The irrational belief that people like you
-- Jon Winokur

#People #Belief #Like You
They give unconditional love and undying loyalty in return for regular meals and an occasional pat on the head.
-- Jon Winokur

#Friendship #Loyalty #Dog
I see therapy as a substitute for friendship. I see it as a commentary on the impersonality of society that people have to pay someone to tell them their troubles.
-- Jon Winokur

#People #Pay #Trouble
In 1910, eighty-two-year-old Leo Tolstoy flees from his wife and dies in a railway station of exposure.
-- Jon Winokur

#Two #Years #Wife

Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but never actually doing anything different, then pretty quickly the feeling will wear off and you'll start searching for another book to fill the void.
That's an interesting philosophical question. When your boner goes away, is that one gone... forever?
If you're a guy, you have absolutely no idea what's going on at any time in the relationship, ever. Here's what you know: you know when you're getting laid, and you know when it's all over. Those are the only two things you're aware of.
I have a dog and sometimes I'll be the littlest kid with my dog and marvel at his ears and his nose and how he looks at me. If he died, I'd bawl like a baby.
To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]
The adventurous state of mind is a high house... The joy of adventure is unaccountable. This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.
(George Bush) betrayed this country! He played on our fears. He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place!
The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events, having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.
Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
Our point isn't to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath the surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.

Jon Winokur famous quotes

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