Paula Poundstone Quotes

"The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling."
- Paula Poundstone
(Related: Time, Death, Feeling, Sin, Taxes, Wages)

"The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer."
- Paula Poundstone
(Related: Cats)

"I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do."
- Paula Poundstone

"Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas."
- Paula Poundstone
(Related: Ideas, Kids, Want)

"My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'"
- Paula Poundstone
(Related: Mom, Trying)