Will Cuppy Professions : Critic Born : August 23, 1884 Died : September 19, 1949 Browse All Authors Top 70 quotes by Will Cuppy If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence. Will Cuppy cat doe animal We all make mistakes, but intelligence enables us to do it on purpose. Will Cuppy making-mistakes purpose mistake Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts. Will Cuppy baboons facts Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. Will Cuppy loses lions people Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential. Will Cuppy essentials littles mean The moral of the story of the Pilgrims is that if you work hard all your life and behave yourself every minute and take no time out for fun you will break practically even, if you can borrow enough money to pay your taxes. Will Cuppy hard-work stories fun I do not travel. I am not much of an extrovert, and I'm not much interested in extroverted objects. I do not care for the 'ideas' of novelists. Novels are wonderful, of course, but I prefer newspapers. Will Cuppy novelists care ideas A few Cobras in your home will soon clear it of Rats and Mice. Of course, you will still have the Cobras. Will Cuppy cobras rats home We have no Common Vipers in the United States, but we have worse. Will Cuppy vipers united-states common They [the Pilgrims] believed in freedom of thought for themselves and for all other people who believed exactly as they did. Will Cuppy pilgrim freedom-of-thought people The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for. Will Cuppy purpose animal funny [Footnote:]Each male has from 2 to 790 females with whom he discusses current events. Of these he marries from 3 to 17. Will Cuppy males female events Humor springs from rage, hay fever, overdue rent and miscellaneous hell. Will Cuppy hay-fever humor spring [Footnote:] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and active. The fact remains that one frequently runs across a rather katabolic female. Will Cuppy males female running Frogs will eat red-flannel worms fed to them by biologists; this proves a great deal about both parties concerned. Will Cuppy flannels red party Just when you're beginning to think pretty well of people, you run across somebody who puts sugar on sliced tomatoes. Will Cuppy running beauty thinking The Earthworm plows the whole world with his tunnels, drains and aerates the earth… If you ever buy any land, be sure it has plenty of Earthworms toiling and moiling all day so that you can sit down and relax. Will Cuppy relax tunnels land The Love bird is one hundred percent faithful to his mate-who is locked into the same cage. Will Cuppy cages faithful bird My philosophy of life can be summed up in four words: It can't be helped. Will Cuppy life-philosophy four philosophy The Zebra is striped all over so that the Lion can see him and eat him. Some people say he is striped so that the Lion can not see him. These people believe that the stripes of the Zebra simulate the bars of sunlight falling through the tall jungle grasses and that therefore the Zebra is invisible and that the earth is flat. Will Cuppy zebras believe fall Similar Authors Betty Churcher critic Brooks Atkinson critic Brendan Gill critic Arthur Chu critic Arlene Croce critic Anita Sarkeesian critic All Authors
