Punchline Quotes

“When people have not learned to interpret the past, to read the present; and to imagine and empower the future, they are living a life without a punchline, clueless about the story they are embarked upon. ("Not on the shortlist" )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“We men are fascinated by the things we don't really understand. It gives us something to think and talk about: like females, they drive us nuts.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“All worries are less with wine.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Great losses are great lessons.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Be a worthy worker and work will come.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“The decision is your own voice, an opinion is the echo of someone else's voice.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Mixing old wine with new wine is stupidity, but mixing old wisdom with new wisdom is maturity.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“A farmer is a magician who produces money from the mud.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“If you can't impress them with your argument, impress them with your actions.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Networking isn't how many people you know, it's how many people know you.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“If they were the jokes, I was the punch line.”
― Kimberly Novosel, Loved

“If thinking should precede acting, then acting must succeed thinking.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Fail soon so that you can succeed sooner.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Today it is cheaper to start a business than tomorrow.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“If the farmer is rich, then so is the nation.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“To a farmer dirt is not a waste, it is wealth.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“An entrepreneur with strong network makes money even when he is asleep.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“If you live on Statin Island, cholesterol is not a problem.”
― Jon Obermeyer

“Oh please... All men care about is the next time they can stick their dick in a nice and warm place. Try the oven.”
― CoppeliaRose, Storybrooke Scandal

“Perhaps he is a fool or a coward, but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.”
― James Baldwin

“IN DIRE STRAITS, WE HEAD STRAIGHT TO THE OCEAN

The good Lord answered Beryl’s prayer when Dorjan came home next. On the cusp of the rainy season, when porch sitting Beryl was more inclined to watch tufts of moisture hung from invisible threads in fairytale skies than her playing children, he announced, “I have a will ‘ta move ‘ta the land of Hollywood and ‘burgeoning coastal developments,” like he’d read that phrase in a magazine. Then, he pressed on the horn in case she hadn’t heard his hollering.
“I want a piece o’ that action, baby,” he said. “I can run my own company. ‘Reckon I know to do just about anything related to construction. Heya baby, why not?” He grinned as he rolled out of the driver’s seat. As she came down the steps to him, he smacked his thighs in a rhythm and did a fancy two-step. “The sun’s always shining. There’s bound to be work for me till I have no more need.” She went to hug him. “Lickety split, we’ll be going west… at the childr’n’s school break,” he said.
That’s just what the Hudsons did. They left their free-of-charge huge, white house to the older brothers and sisters, taking brother Dennis along in the back seat with three of the children.
Coalbert, sitting up front, sighed. “We’re just gonna leave the house like that? For someone other’n us to occupy, Daddy?” His heart was lying in that big white house with the wraparound porch.
“Small thing. The place is tainted. It ‘taint yours and it ‘taint mine.”
“I hope we get an indoor toilet, Mama!” Laila shouted.
“Your daddy’s set on getting all the new things where we’re going to.”
― Lynn Byk

“Got a feeling in your gut, eh? I can respect that.”
“Actually, said David. The feeling came from about a foot lower down.”
― Daniel Thorman, The Zodiac Quest: A LitRPG Adventure