“The wages of sin are death, but after taxes are taken out, it’s just kind of a tired feeling”
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” is from the New Testament, Romans 6:23. American stand-up comedian Paula Poundstone gave a popular variation on the album Women of the Night (1987):
“I believe the wages of sin are death. But, by the time they take out taxes, it’s just a tired feeling.”
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The Bible
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
. Romans 6:23 NIV
. Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God’s gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.
. Variant of Proverbs 13:15 in The Message
Wikipedia: Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials
OCLC WorldCat record
Women of the night
Author: Rita Rudner; Ellen De Generes; Judy Tenuta; Paula Poundstone
Publisher: New York : HBO Video : Focus Enterprises, ©1987.
Edition/Format: Video : Videocassette Visual material : English
Summary:
Four comediennes take the stage at the Palace in Hollywood for an unihibited hour of mirth and madness
27 July 1989, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), “Triple the humor: Female comics sound fun, fresh” by Leslie R. Meyers, pg. 10F, col. 3:
Religious omens about death don’t move her. (Paula Poundstone—ed.) “I believe the wages of sin are death. But, by the time they take out taxes, it’s just a tired feeling.”
6 August 1989, Orlando (FL) Sentinel, “Paula Poundstone: From IHOP to Stand-up” by Devi Weiss, Calendar sec., pg. 13, col. 2:
From her album come jokes such as these: “Anybody here ever put the vacuum on your cat’s face? Because they will not always come when they are called”; “I think I’m bulimic. I just keep forgetting to purge”; and “I saw a billboard that said ‘The wages of sin are death.’ I would imagine that the wages of sin are death. But by the time they take out the taxes it’s a kind of tired feeling really.”
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Funny Ladies:
The Best Humor from America’s Funniest Women
By Bill Adler
Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel
2001
Pg. 285:
The wages of sin are death, but after taxes are taken out, it’s just a tired feeling. — Paula Poundstone
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Rochester, NY: Machi & Machi Communications, Inc.
2011
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In my further humble opinion, the only woman to come close to (Dorothy—ed.) Parker today is Paula Poundstone, as in:
“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it’s just sort of a tired feeling.”
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Cindy Krum
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Replying to @JohnMu
Reminds me of one of my favorite Paula Poundstone quotes: “The wages of sin are death, but after taxes are taken out, it is just sort of a tired feeling.”. 😉
10:27 PM - 22 May 2018 from Brisbane, Queensland