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;void(0)) . . . BUGS BUNNY see: "CARTOON CHARACTERS" see: "HUMOR" for other related links - What's up, Doc? --Tex Avery (1907—1980) American cartoon animator. "A Wild Hare" [1940 cartoon] & note: 'What's up, Doc?' was incomplete without the sound of the rabbit nibbling on the carrot, which presented problems. First of all, I don't especially like carrots, at least not raw. And second, I found it impossible to chew, swallow, and be ready to say my next line. We tried substituting other vegetables, including apples and celery, but with unsatisfactory results. The solution was to stop recording so that I could spit out the carrot into the waste-basket and then proceed with the script. In the course of a recording session I usually went through enough carrots to fill several wastebaskets. Bugs Bunny did for carrots what Popeye the Sailor did for spinach. How many ... children were coerced into eating their carrots by mothers cooing ... 'But Bugs Bunny eats _his_ carrots.' If only they had known. --Mel Blanc (1908—1989) American voice actor for cartoons. _That's Not All, Folks!: My Life in the Golden Age of Cartoons & Radio_ [1988] - Bugs uses his carrot as a prop, just as Groucho used his cigar. Eventually Bugs even stole Marx's response to an insult: 'Of course you know, this means war!' ---Stefan Kanfer Writer and editor at "Time" for 20 years and biographer of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx. _Serious Business: The Art And Commerce Of Animation In America_ [1997]   BULLIES . . see: "HURTING (SOMEONE)" for related links A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward. --Thomas C. Haliburton (1796—1865) Canadian politician, judge, and writer who was best known as the creator of the literary character, Sam Slick. _Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances_, vol. I [2 vol., 1853] The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. --Ayn Rand (1905—1982) Russian-born American writer. _The Virtue of Selfishness_ [1964] Commonly they whose tongue is their weapon, use their feet for defense. --Sir Philip Sidney (1554—1586) English courtier, statesman, soldier, and poet. Attributed in Tryon Edwards _A Dictionary of Thoughts_, p. 46 [1891].  BUMPER STICKERS . . see: "HUMOR" for related links Back off! I'm a Postal Worker! Bad cop. No doughnut. Death to all fanatics! Keep Honking. I'm Reloading. So many cats. So few recipes. Grow your own dope, plant a man. Save the whales! Collect the whole set! Question reality. Where will you be sitting in eternity--smoking or non-smoking? --Christian bumper sticker Feminists: Aren't They Just Precious! ;void(0)) BURDENS . . see: "UNHAPPINESS" for related links For every man shall bear his own burden. --Bible "Galatians" 6:5 To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back. --Thomas C. Haliburton (1796—1865) Canadian politician, judge, and writer who was best known as the creator of the literary character, Sam Slick. _Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances_, vol. 2, p. 106 [2 vol., 1853] No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else. --Charles Dickens (1812—1870) English novelist. _Our Mutual Friend_ [1864—1865], ch. IX "Somebody Becomes the Subject of a Prediction" But Jesus, when you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health, you worry about getting ruptured or something. If everything is simply jake then you're frightened of death. --J. P. Donleavy (b. 1926) American dramatist and novelist. _The Ginger Man_, ch. 5 [1955] - Everyone thinks his sack heaviest. --George Herbert (1593—1633) English religious poet. In _Comp. Outlandish Proverbs_, 748 [1640]. None knows the weight of another's burthen. --George Herbert (1593—1633) English religious poet. In _Comp. Outlandish Proverbs_, 880 [1640]. - - Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former grow upon it. --Jean Paul Richter (1763—1825) German novelist. Attributed in Maturin M. Ballou _Treasury of Thought_, p. 66 [10th ed. 1884]. Poverty is the only burden which is not lightened by being shared with others. --Jean Paul Richter (1763—1825) German novelist. Attributed in Maturin M. Ballou _Edge-Tools of Speech_. p. 382 [1886]. - There is no heavier burden than a great potential. --Charles Schulz (1922—2000) American cartoonist. Attributed to a "Peanuts" cartoon with line spoken by either Linus or Charley Brown. People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. --George Bernard Shaw (1856—1950) Irish dramatist and critic. _A Treatise on Parents and Children_ [1910] If you tell your troubles to God, you put them into the grave; they will never rise again when you have committed them to Him. If you roll your burden anywhere else, it will roll back again like the stone of Sisyphus. --Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834—1892) English nonconformist preacher. Quoted in Rev. Elon Foster _New Cyclopaedia of Prose Illustrations_, p. 638 [1870]. ----- albatross [AL-buh-traws; AL-buh-tros], noun: 1. Any of several large, web-footed sea birds of the family Diomedeidae that have the ability to remain aloft for long periods. 2. A seemingly inescapable moral or emotional burden, as of guilt or responsibility. 3. Something burdensome that impedes action or progress. encumbrance [en-KUHM-brun(t)s], noun: 1. A burden, impediment, or hindrance. 2. A lien, mortgage, or other financial claim against a property. Ex.: As Prince of Wales, George V had himself taken his wife on several foreign or imperial tours, without the encumbrance of their young children. --Ben Pimlott, _The Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth II_ onus, noun: 1. A burden; an obligation; a disagreeable necessity. 2. a: A stigma. b: Blame. 3. The burden of proof.  BUREAUCRACY . . see: "POLITICS" for related links Guidelines for bureaucrats: 1. When in charge, ponder. 2. When in trouble, delegate. 3. When in doubt, mumble. --James H. Boren (1925—2010) American bureaucrat, professional speaker, and humorist. In "New York Times" [8 November 1970]. If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public. --attributed to Frank McKinney (Kin) Hubbard (1868—1930) American humorist. While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty. --Charles Evans Hughes (1862—1948) American professor of law, politician, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court [1930—1941]. Address [4 March 1939]. Your public servants serve you right. --Adlai E. Stevenson (1900—1965) American Democratic politician. Speech in Los Angeles, California [11 September 1952]. In the first place God made idiots. That was for practice. Then He made School Boards. --Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835—1910) American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot. _Following the Equator_ [1897], ch. 61 epigraph: "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" end page | BABIES - BARTENDERS | BASEBALL | BASTARDS - BEATLES (THE) | BEAUTY | BED - BEGINNINGS | BEHAVIOR - BELIEF | BENNY (JACK) - BIBLE | BICYCLES - BIRDS | BIRTH - BITTERNESS | BLAME - BLOGGING | BLONDES - BOOK BURNING | BOOKS | BOOMERS (THE) - BOXING | BOYS - BREAKING UP | BREASTS - BRITAIN | BROADWAY - BROTHERLY LOVE | BUGS BUNNY - BUREAUCRACY | BURMA SHAVE - BUSYBODIES | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | | Return Home | The Credits | The Cast | Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | The Reviews | |
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