Top 321 Quotes & Sayings by Ashleigh Brilliant

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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Ashleigh Brilliant

Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant is an author and cartoonist. He is best known for his Pot-Shots, single-panel illustrations with one-line humorous remarks, which began syndication in the United States in 1975.

Author | Born: December 9, 1933
It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.
Everything takes longer than you expect, even when you expect it to take longer than you expect.
The older you get, the more important it is to not act your age. — © Ashleigh Brilliant
The older you get, the more important it is to not act your age.
If you don't like my opinion of you, you can always improve
One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.
Unlike most other people, I'm just an average person.
It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating.
The hand can be quicker than the eye, and the mouth can be quicker than the brain.
I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent.
Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.
I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you.
Once I wanted total happiness - now I will settle for a little less pain. — © Ashleigh Brilliant
Once I wanted total happiness - now I will settle for a little less pain.
Communication with the dead is only a little more difficult than communication with some of the living.
Strangely enough, this is the past that somebody in the future is longing to go back to.
Things are sometimes better left as they are, but you can't be sure until you change them.
By the miracle of teaching, I can give you some of my ability, without losing any of it myself.
My cat knows the meaning of life, but has no interest in sharing the secret.
I have abandoned my search for truth and am now looking for a good fantasy
Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.
I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.
Please don't tell me there's no need to worry, it's the only thing I'm any good at.
If you think communication is all talking, you haven't been listening.
By using your intelligence, you can sometimes make your problems twice as complicated.
Why does life keep teaching me lessons I have no desire to learn?
Sooner or later, I'll be punctual.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target
The majority is never right, unless it includes me.
Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules.
I'm in search of myself - have you seen me anywhere?
The time for action is past! Now is the time for senseless bickering!
I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.
There's no harm in talking to yourself, but try to avoid telling yourself jokes you've heard before.
Having failed to conquer myself, my best hope now is to arrange an alliance with myself.
My social life is much better, since I stopped spending it with other people.
I want it clearly understood that I'm totally confused.
The longer I live, the less future there is to worry about.
Just because I accept you as you are does not mean that I have given up all hope of your improvement. — © Ashleigh Brilliant
Just because I accept you as you are does not mean that I have given up all hope of your improvement.
If you never try anything new, you'll miss many of the world's great disappointments.
There has been an alarming increase in the number of things you know nothing about.
We've been through so much together, and most of it was your fault.
It's human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others.
The best thing about being too late is that there's no more need to hurry.
Life is too important to be taken as a joke, but too ridiculous to be taken seriously.
Speak nothing but the truth, and you'll soon be considered dangerous.
Here is a guaranteed way to get more of what you want: want less.
Life can be very deep, but I'm trying to stay at the shallow end.
Try to relax and enjoy the crisis. — © Ashleigh Brilliant
Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.
I will always love the false image I had of you.
If you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it.
I don't understand you. You don't understand me. What else do we have in common?
My life so far has been a long series of things I wasn't ready for.
I feel much better, now that I've given up hope.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
The trouble is that sex is a force of nature, and reason is not.
The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.
I've learned so much from my failures that I'm thinking of having some more.
I try to take it one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
Just when I nearly had the answer, I forgot the question.
Your reasoning is excellent, it's only your basic assumptions that are wrong.
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