"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ― H. L. Mencken Topic(s): Funny Tags: broke, nobody, underestimating More From H. L. Mencken "It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously." "Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other’s speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in." "Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable." More In Funny "It’s funny how people who ain’t never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It’s funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, ‘Get up. What’s wrong with you?’"― Ice Cube "The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make weird funny comments. I can see in myself her self-deprecating, hippie humour. I can’t take myself too seriously."― Drew Barrymore "My father taught me how to substitute realities."― Mira Sorvino