105 Quotes by Will Cuppy

If an animal does something, we call it instinct. If we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

We all make mistakes, but intelligence enables us to do it on purpose.

Would it not be downright cruel to keep him in semi-captivity in a town or city, where the opportunities for wreaking havoc and destruction upon the landscape are necessarily so limited? In a word, is it right to attract Wombats?

You can't do much for the poor, as they are not in with the right people.

It is really surprising what may be done in the home with a small can of paint, if you aren't careful.

Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

It's easy to see the faults in people, I know; and it's harder to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.

The call of the yellow-billed cuckoo of North America is often mistaken for a bloodhound drinking a bowl of milk. He goes coulp coulp coulp.

The average sparrow is something of a bore and the trouble is that all sparrows are average.