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Smothers Quotes

I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers Picture Quote #1

Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble Picture Quote #1

Covetousness, like a candle ill made, smothers the splendor of a happy fortune in its own grease Picture Quote #1

If a solution fails to appear... and yet we feel success is just around the corner, try resting for a while... Like the early morning frost, this intellectual refreshment withers the parasitic and nasty vegetation that smothers the good seed. Bursting forth at last is the flower of truth Picture Quote #1

When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns its back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe Picture Quote #1

Habit, a particularly insidious thug who chokes passion and smothers love. Habit puts us on autopilot Picture Quote #1

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Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble Picture Quote #1

Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm Picture Quote #1

It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear Picture Quote #1

The touch of reality is salvation for the man who smothers amid forms and shadows. A blind man would rejoice in sight though his eyes opened on the carnage of a battlefield Picture Quote #1

Instead of Rock, Paper, Scissors, you could play Brick, Blanket, Action Fingers, in which brick cripples action fingers, blanket smothers brick and action fingers beats blanket Picture Quote #1

So it - we have one enduring, uh, idea that will always live on with the Smothers Brothers, that ‘Mom always liked you best.’ We’re the universal, uh, feeling that every child, every sibling has had somewhere along the line. Or, ‘Who did she like best?’ And that became kind of a little mantra Picture Quote #1

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Making music on TV used to be as common as commercials. In the 60s and 70s, prime time was stuffed with variety shows headlined by such major and treasured talents as Carol Burnett, Red Skelton, the Smothers Brothers and Richard Pryor, who had a very brief comedy-variety hour on NBC that was censored literally to death Picture Quote #1

I once told Tommy Smothers, ‘If I could just get the money and the women straightened out, the rest of my life would be easy.’ Picture Quote #1

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I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers (Smothers Quotes) Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble (Smothers Quotes) Covetousness, like a candle ill made, smothers the splendor of a happy fortune in its own grease (Smothers Quotes) If a solution fails to appear... and yet we feel success is just around the corner, try resting for a while... Like the early morning frost, this intellectual refreshment withers the parasitic and nasty vegetation that smothers the good seed. Bursting forth at last is the flower of truth (Smothers Quotes) When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns its back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe (Smothers Quotes) Habit, a particularly insidious thug who chokes passion and smothers love. Habit puts us on autopilot (Smothers Quotes) Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble (Smothers Quotes) Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm (Smothers Quotes) It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear (Smothers Quotes) The touch of reality is salvation for the man who smothers amid forms and shadows. A blind man would rejoice in sight though his eyes opened on the carnage of a battlefield (Smothers Quotes) Instead of Rock, Paper, Scissors, you could play Brick, Blanket, Action Fingers, in which brick cripples action fingers, blanket smothers brick and action fingers beats blanket. (Smothers Quotes) So it - we have one enduring, uh, idea that will always live on with the Smothers Brothers, that ‘Mom always liked you best.’ We’re the universal, uh, feeling that every child, every sibling has had somewhere along the line. Or, ‘Who did she like best?’ And that became kind of a little mantra. (Smothers Quotes) Making music on TV used to be as common as commercials. In the 60s and 70s, prime time was stuffed with variety shows headlined by such major and treasured talents as Carol Burnett, Red Skelton, the Smothers Brothers and Richard Pryor, who had a very brief comedy-variety hour on NBC that was censored literally to death. (Smothers Quotes) I once told Tommy Smothers, ‘If I could just get the money and the women straightened out, the rest of my life would be easy.’ (Smothers Quotes)