Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-British philosopher
Source: Culture and Value (1980), p. 42e
Source: Lover Unleashed
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-British philosopher
Source: Culture and Value (1980), p. 42e
Chinua Achebe (1930–2013) Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic
Variant: When Suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat left for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter
"Germinal" in Vale and Other Poems (1931)
“A comedian is not a man who opens a funny door. He opens a door funny.”
Ed Wynn (1886–1966) American actor
Hedda Hooper, November 1 1960, “Comic Ed Wynn, Winning Still, Discusses Craft”, Buffalo (NY) Courier-Express, pg. 6, col. 1. Wynn was paraphrasing Fred Allen. “A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny”, Barry Popik, November 10, 2015, January 7, 2017 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/a_comic_says_funny_things/,
“When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it.”
Jeannette Walls (1960) American writer and journalist