Ashleigh Brilliant Quotes

Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant is an author and cartoonist hailing from England but residing in the United States. He is most renowned for his work “Pot-Shots,” a series of single-panel illustrations coupled with witty one-liners. This collection first entered syndication in the United States in 1975. Wikipedia

“Having failed to conquer myself, my best hope now is to arrange an alliance with myself.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I march to a different drummer, whose location, identity, and musical training haven’t yet been established.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My life is a performance for which I was never given any chance to rehearse.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I’m just moving clouds today, tomorrow I’ll try mountains.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Don’t let yourself suffer needlessly, find a need to suffer.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The surest way to remain a winner is to win once, and then not play any more.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Sooner or later, I’ll be punctual.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Accept me for what I am, completely unacceptable.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I have nothing definite to apologize for; I’m just sorry about everything in general.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I hope I never become so used to the world that it no longer seems wonderful.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Aren’t I lucky, to have survived so much bad luck.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Vote wisely, even if that means not voting at all.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The future seems to be in good hands, it’s the past I’m worried about.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Life is not a problem – Life is the closest God has yet come to a solution.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Unlike most other people, I’m just an average person.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I can no longer face life, so I’ve decided to go through the rest of it backwards.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Take Courage! Whatever you decide to do, it will probably be the wrong thing.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Nothing really matters except a few things that really don’t matter very much.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Why does it so often take a genius to see the obvious?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If only our great thinkers could learn to talk, and our great talkers could learn to think.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Life is an incurable condition: the only known treatment is to try to keep the patient comfortable.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Unless you move, the place where you are is the place where you will always be.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Life is too important to be taken as a joke, but too ridiculous to be taken seriously.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The whole world is our dining room, but be careful: it is also our garbage can.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I don’t understand you. You don’t understand me. What else do we have in common?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I’m in search of myself – have you seen me anywhere?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The hand can be quicker than the eye, and the mouth can be quicker than the brain.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I am irrevocably committed to being permanently indecisive.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“There’s nothing on my mind that couldn’t be expressed by a long insane outburst of hysterical rage.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I feel much better, now that I’ve given up hope.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I don’t need a great deal of love but I do need a steady supply.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Cheer up! The worst effects of what we’re doing won’t be felt until after we’re all dead.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The truly successful teacher is the one you will never need again.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“What good is it if you talk in flowers, and they think in pastry?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It’s all very simple, or else it’s all very complex, or perhaps it’s neither, or both.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Please don’t tell me to relax, it’s only my tension that’s holding me together.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“There’s no harm in talking to yourself, but try to avoid telling yourself jokes you’ve heard before.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My life so far has been a long series of things I wasn’t ready for.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It’s good to know that if I behave strangely enough, society will take full responsibility for me.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“One possible reason why things aren’t going according to plan is that there never was a plan.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It’s human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Without me there could be no everybody.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The really great people are the ones who know how to make the little people feel great.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I can face anything, except the future, and certain parts of the past and present.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Hold on to me: Someday I may be quite valuable.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“You have a right to enjoy life, but only on your own time.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“They laughed at Edison and Einstein, but somehow I still feel uncomfortable when they laugh at me.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It’s hard to face tomorrow, but it’s easier than facing no tomorrow.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“There is one pain, I often feel, which you will never know. It’s caused by the absence of you.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It’s good to have some certainty in life, even if it’s only that I’m in deep trouble.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I’ve learned so much from my failures that I’m thinking of having some more.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My object is to save the world, while still leading a pleasant life.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“All I want is a little more than I’ll ever get.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Sometimes the only way you can win is to stay out of the game.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I am eagerly awaiting my next disappointment.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I’ve found the secret of happiness, total disregard of everybody.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“No man is an island, but some of us are long peninsulas.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Things are gradually falling into place on top of me.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Please don’t believe everything you hear about me, regardless of how true it may be.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The older you get, the more important it is to not act your age.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“In a democracy, every little wrong idea may grow up to become national policy.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I try to take it one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It costs money to stay healthy, but it’s even more expensive to get sick.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Be a good neighbor, and leave me alone.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I waited and waited, and when no message came, I knew it must have been from you.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Strangely enough, this is the past that somebody in the future is longing to go back to.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Everything takes longer than you expect, even when you expect it to take longer than you expect.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Here is a guaranteed way to get more of what you want: want less.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If you think communication is all talking, you haven’t been listening.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“At what point in my struggle with nature will nature finally give up?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Please don’t tell me there’s no need to worry, it’s the only thing I’m any good at.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My mind contains many good ideas, but it’s not always easy to squeeze one out.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“We owe it to our past futile sacrifices to continue making further futile sacrifices.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It’s not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Don’t wait for a disaster to get to know your neighbors.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Inform all the troops that communications have completely broken down.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Forgive me now – tomorrow I may no longer feel guilty.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I have seen the future! Go back!” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The things I fear may all be imaginary, so what I fear most is my imagination.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I have just discovered the truth, and can’t understand why everybody isn’t eager to hear it.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I live in a world all my own, but visitors are always welcome.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Just when I nearly had the answer, I forgot the question.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“As long as I have you there is just one other thing I’ll always need – tremendous self control.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“In order to keep an open mind, I am trying to avoid learning anything.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“We must have courage, faith, and lunch together sometime soon.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“We’ve been through so much together, and most of it was your fault.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It’s amazing how much research has gone into making some of the worst decisions.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Should I abide by the rules until they’re changed, or help speed the change by breaking them?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“What we really need is to realize how little we really need.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Our meetings are held to discuss many problems which would never arise if we held fewer meetings.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I could live a better life if I had a better mind and a better body.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I recently had my problems on the run, but now they’ve re-grouped, and are making another attack.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If you want to put yourself on the map, publish your own map.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Why is there still so much pain and suffering being produced when there’s so little demand for it?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Strange as it may seem, my life is based on a true story.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“By using your intelligence, you can sometimes make your problems twice as complicated.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“You can’t stop progress, but you can help decide what is progress and what isn’t.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“You can never discard too many bad ideas.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Why does life keep teaching me lessons I have no desire to learn?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The entire universe will eventually disintegrate but by then I hope to be in a safer place.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“One thing you can rely on is that there will always be uncertainty.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The price of freedom keeps going up, but the quality keeps deteriorating.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Dying is a part of living, but only a very small part.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“There is a world which I alone rule, but it ends at my fingertips.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“You are what you eat, but eventually you become what eats you.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Fortunately in my work there’s always a choice: I can choose to do it willingly or unwillingly.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Communication with the dead is only a little more difficult than communication with some of the living.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Some changes are so slow, you don’t notice them, others are so fast, they don’t notice you.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“What’s most interesting about some books is the question: How did this crap ever get published?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I can do only one thing at a time, but I can avoid doing many things simultaneously.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My cat knows the meaning of life, but has no interest in sharing the secret.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Time will end all my troubles, but I don’t always approve of Time’s methods.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If you never try anything new, you’ll miss many of the world’s great disappointments.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My main object in life is to see what will happen next.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Being dead is one way to experience nothing, another is to attend some classes at my school.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Look how often the unexpected happens – yet we still never expect it.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I will stop at nothing to reach my objective, but only because my brakes are defective.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Isn’t it a coincidence that you and I are both alive at the same time?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I could do great things, if I weren’t so busy doing little things.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If you can’t go where people are happier, try to make people happier where you are.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Just because I accept you as you are does not mean that I have given up all hope of your improvement.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Most of my problems have no answer or else the answer is worse than the problem.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I will always love the false image I had of you.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If we all work together, we can totally disrupt the system.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If I can survive death, I can probably survive anything.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I have many unrecognized talents, but my faults have somehow succeeded in securing wide recognition.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Speak nothing but the truth, and you’ll soon be considered dangerous.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Somehow I reached excess without ever noticing when I was passing through satisfaction.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“All people are different. That’s why everybody should be treated the same.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Beware! Freedom of speech also includes the freedom to be misunderstood.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Not even a great leader can get very far without great people to lead.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I want to reach your mind – where is it currently located?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If I do enough different things in enough different ways, I may, eventually, do something right.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I’ll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Not only don’t I know what tomorrow will bring, I’m still not entirely certain what yesterday brought?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I try to take life as it comes, and just hope it keeps coming.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Things are sometimes better left as they are, but you can’t be sure until you change them.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It’s hard enough to be alive and human, without the additional burden of being me.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“More books have resulted from somebody’s need to write than from anybody’s need to read.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I want it clearly understood that I’m totally confused.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“What should I do if my problems aren’t all solved by the time I die?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Maybe I’m lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I’m right.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The fact that many things have no explanation ought to prevent them from happening; but it doesn’t.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If you can’t go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Success for some people, depends on becoming well-known, for others it depends on never being found out.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Instead of past, present and future, I’d prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“One possible reason that I don’t believe in fate is that I wasn’t fated to.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“All I ask of Life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My life shows a clear pattern of total unpredictability.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“There’s so much to learn and so much of it not worth learning.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I have no prejudices: all my irrational hatreds are based on solid evidence.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Do you believe in apathy at first sight?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Why is my autograph so little in demand, except on checks?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Life is a process of losing our illusions, until we finally lose the illusion that we’re alive.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Caution! Be very careful of false, meaningless, self-contradictory, and not even very funny warnings, like this one.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The surest way to learn is by doing it, but often, the lesson is: Don’t do it!” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“There may not be a Heaven, but there is a San Francisco.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Doing it wrong fast is at least better than doing it wrong slowly.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The funniest thing about some people is that they have no sense of humor.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Even a meaningless life may contain many good breakfasts.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If you don’t like my opinion of you, you can always improve.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My time is far too valuable for me to spend any of it trying to improve myself.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If you don’t believe in ghosts, you’ve never been to a family reunion.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I want to appreciate you now, and avoid the rush.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“If you can’t learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn’t all a dream?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I don’t have any solution, but I certainly admire the problem.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“How can I be sure I’ve succeeded, if I can’t remember what I was trying to do.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“One thing about pain: It proves you’re alive.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Your reasoning is excellent, it’s only your basic assumptions that are wrong.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Women can do anything men can do, but often have more sense than even to be interested.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I’m not yet desperate enough to do anything about the conditions that are making me desperate.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“To be sure of winning, invent your own game, and never tell any other player the rules.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“There’s only one thing more beautiful than a beautiful dream, and that’s a beautiful reality.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“There has been an alarming increase in the number of things you know nothing about.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“What happened to you could have been worse – it could have happened to me.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“What could possibly be more fantastic than reality?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“My problems aren’t big but it doesn’t necessarily take a big problem to kill me.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Good ideas are common – what’s uncommon are people who will work hard enough to bring them about.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I like who I am, and am puzzled to find that not everybody shares this opinion.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“I didn’t say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Please don’t ask me what the score is. I’m not even sure what the game is.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“The time for action is past! Now is the time for senseless bickering!” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“There is a vast region of enormous potential located somewhere between your ears.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Why does merely attempting to understand Reality so often seem to lead to going insane?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“Why is the competition always so intense to set new records for maximum stupidity?” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

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