"The elks, on the other hand live up in the hills, and in the spring they come down for their annual convention. It is very interesting to watch them come to the water hole. And you should see them run when they find it is only a water hole. What they're looking for is an 'elk-a-hole'."

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Source : "Fictional character: Captain Spaulding". "Animal Crackers", 1930.

Morrie Ryskind

#Running Quotes #Spring Quotes #Drinking Quotes

“I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.”
“With the red hair, you get the white skin; it's a package deal. The cons are that you never look particularly attractive on the beach. The pros are in a softly lit room, you look pretty.”
“I don't want to hope anymore. I don't think we should hope anymore. We hoped enough. Now we have to do. We all have to do now.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Crimes spring from fixed ideas.”
“I've met quite a few dictators up close and personal in my life.”
“You don't read scripture, scripture reads you.”
“Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.”

Source : "The Testament of a Furniture Dealer". 1976.
“The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and grooming, their careful observance of all the rules, their precious concern for status symbols, their strict legality, their pious patriotism... the haircut becomes the test of virtue in a world where Satan deceives and rules by appearances.”

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