Ashleigh Brilliant
Ashleigh Brilliant
Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliantis an author and syndicated cartoonist born in London, UK, and living in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is best known for his Pot-Shots, single-panel illustrations with one-line humorous remarks, which began syndication in the United States of America in 1975. Brilliant achieved American citizenship in 1969...
alone ends fingertips
There is a whole world which I alone rule, but it ends at my fingertips
world ends fingertips
There is a world which I alone rule, but it ends at my fingertips.
absolutely lie lies-and-lying please sure unless
Please don't lie to me, unless you're absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.
audience complete opinions
My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.
bring common good hard ideas people uncommon work
Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who'll work hard enough to bring them about
cast figure life
My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot.
names firsts trouble
Some of my troubles are so familiar, I know them by their first names.
together relax tension
Please don't tell me to relax, it's only my tension that's holding me together.
trying patient life-is
Life is an incurable condition: the only known treatment is to try to keep the patient comfortable.
order mind trying
In order to keep an open mind, I am trying to avoid learning anything.
waiting earth tasks
The task I've been given seems absurd: To wait here on earth until I no longer exist.
next life-is objects
My main object in life is to see what will happen next.
speak dangerous nothing-but-the-truth
Speak nothing but the truth, and you'll soon be considered dangerous.
struggle humanity records
History records no more gallant struggle than that of humanity against the truth.