Top Ten Quirky Quotations About Misfortune

The Top Ten

1 I've learned from my mistakes, and I'm sure I can repeat them. (Peter Cook)

Or maybe it's just intentional carelessness. Misfortunes mostly happen due to carelessness.

2 I left the room with silent dignity, but caught my foot in the mat. (George Grossmith)

3 If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes. (Leon Trotsky)

4 If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that, I suppose, would be a calamity. (Benjamin Disraeli)

5 Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast, is that portentous phrase 'I told you so'. (Lord Byron)

6 Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. (Ambrose Bierce)

7 My misdeeds are accidental happenings and merely the result of having been in the wrong bar or bed at the wrong time, say most days between midday and midnight. (Jeffrey Bernard)

8 My only solution for the problem of habitual accidents...is to stay in bed all day. Even then, there is always the chance that you will fall out. (Robert Benchley)

9 My father told me all about the birds and the bees, the liar; I went steady with a woodpecker until I was 21. (Bob Hope)

10 I actually slipped on a hamburger in Hamburg once, and almost fell off stage. (Keith Richards)

Call me weird if you like, but I find this quite funny!

Ah, dear old Keef! He's got quite a few war stories.

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