I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
Johnny CarsonRead
Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.
Interpretation
This quote humorously suggests that New Yorkers are so accustomed to arguing that a peaceful cab ride signals something unusual has occurred.
Johnny Carson's quote highlights the stereotypical nature of New Yorkers as people who are often outspoken and argumentative. It uses humor to indicate that if four New Yorkers can share a cab without any dispute, it is likely due to an extraordinary circumstance, such as a bank robbery, which implies that arguments are the norm in their culture.
In practice
In a comedy show highlighting the quirks of city life.
I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
I couldn't care less what anybody says about me. I live my life, especially my personal life, strictly for myself... Whatever you do, you're going to be criticized. I feel the one sensible thing you can do is try to live in a way that pleases you.
I am one of the lucky people in the world; I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.
People thought I was funny, so I kind of took entertaining for granted... it was inevitable that I'd start giving little performances.
The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.
My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.
If you're politically correct, chances are you're not coming to one of my shows. I get to go onstage and say things that everybody thinks all the time, but can't say out loud.
At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.
(About a cookbook...) - What about this one? Maids of Honor? - Weeelll, they starts OUT as Maids of Honor...but they ends up Tarts.
The 'Aladdin' thing - that's not work; that's just fun. Three days in the recording studio going mad, then the animators do all the work. Not a bad way to cash a large check, my friend.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Any fool could be a witch with a runic knife, but it took skill to be one with an apple corer.
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