Quote

Aristotle 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.

Will Cuppy

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Will Cuppy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 23
Died: 1949
Died: September 19
Critic
Humorist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Writer
Auburn
Indiana
William Jacob Cuppy
Blood
Brain
Aristotle
Process
Silly
True
Exists
Certain
Cool
Persons
Merely
Thinking
Involved
Taught

More quotes by Will Cuppy

Image
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.
Will Cuppy
Image
Cæsar might have married her [Cleopatra], but he had a wife at home. There's always something.
Will Cuppy
Image
Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour.
Will Cuppy
Image
The Earthworm plows the whole world with his tunnels, drains and aerates the earth… If you ever buy any land, be sure it has plenty of Earthworms toiling and moiling all day so that you can sit down and relax.
Will Cuppy
Image
Orangutans teach us that looks are not everything-but warned near it.
Will Cuppy
Image
It is because of his brain that he [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.
Will Cuppy
Image
[Footnote:] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and active. The fact remains that one frequently runs across a rather katabolic female.
Will Cuppy
Image
The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.
Will Cuppy
Image
I borrow to pay my honest debts and not to squander foolishly. What's more, I confine my borrowing to those who can well afford it. I don't go around sponging on widows and orphans unless they have plenty.
Will Cuppy
Image
Ah, well! We live and learn, or, anyway, we live.
Will Cuppy
Image
A few Cobras in your home will soon clear it of Rats and Mice. Of course, you will still have the Cobras.
Will Cuppy
Image
Young normal tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger you may rest assured he was abnormal.
Will Cuppy
Image
The male is colored much more gorgeously than the female so that he can be shot and made into feather embroidery.
Will Cuppy
Image
To the seeing eye life is mostly Sparrows.
Will Cuppy
Image
The moral of the story of the Pilgrims is that if you work hard all your life and behave yourself every minute and take no time out for fun you will break practically even, if you can borrow enough money to pay your taxes.
Will Cuppy
Image
Just when you're beginning to think pretty well of people, you run across somebody who puts sugar on sliced tomatoes.
Will Cuppy
Image
Aristotle maintains that the neck of the Lion is composed of a single bone. Aristotle knew nothing at all about Lions, a circumstance which did not prevent him from writing a good deal on the subject.
Will Cuppy
Image
If a cat does something, we call it instinct if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
Will Cuppy
Image
The hippopotamus looks monogamous- he looks as if he would have to be.
Will Cuppy
Image
A hermit is simply a person to whom civilization has failed to adjust itself.
Will Cuppy