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"Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart." »Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt, p. 205
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"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues." »Elizabeth Taylor
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"If you're pretty happy, but you have a little Chihuahua that's always biting you on the ankles, still that's pretty good isn't it I'm going to go ahead and keep you in the 'happy' category." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't." »Marilyn Monroe
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"I've been over what I'm supposed to say and I've got to tell you, it's pretty persuasive stuff, but is it the whole truth It's a slice of truth, a morsel, a fraction. It's a piece of the pie, certainly not the whole enchilada, and now that I've been thinking about it, I don't think I could tell the whole truth about anything. That's a pretty heavy burden, because we all just view the world through this little piece of coke bottle. Is there such a thing as objective truth I wonder." »Jeff Melvoin
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"One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no,' I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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""I found that life will go on pretty much with or with out you."" »Tom Zegan
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"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves." »Ludwig Wittgenstein
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"A pretty woman is a welcome guest." »Lord Byron
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"Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything." »Evelyn Waugh
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"Leave well - even 'pretty well' - alone that is what I learn as I get old." »Edward Fitzgerald
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"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near." »Margaret Hilda Thatcher
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"When someone tells you something defies description, you can be pretty sure he's going to have a go at it anyway." »Clyde B. Aster
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"Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable." »Joseph Addison
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"A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands." »Sacha Guitry
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"It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear." »Douglas Adams
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"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit." »W. Somerset Maugham
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"It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an airport' appear." »Douglas Noel Adams
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"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time." »Edith Wharton
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"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time." »Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
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"Frankly, I think the chances of having a happy childhood while you're still a kid going through it are pretty slim." »Edith Ann
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"Life without sacrifice is like a pretty rose without smell and thorns." »A.Carcani
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"That was pretty impressive. I got the sucker! (after killing a miserable fly during an interview)" »Barack Obama
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"The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion." »Arab Proverb
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"To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price upon conjectures." »Anatole France, Revolt of the Angels
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"To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price on conjecture." »Anatole France
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"pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children." »Oliver Wendell Holmes
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"We gladly feast on those who would subdue us ... not just pretty words, Fester." »Morticia Addams - from the Addams Family movie
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"The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it." »Mignon McLaughlin
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"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl." »Charlie Chaplin
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