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Humor

«A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.»
Author: Clifton Fadiman (Author, Editor, Host) | About: Humor | Keywords: sense of humor
«Driving a fire truck is always a thrill. Is it better than sex? No!»
Author: Lou Angeli | About: Disaster, Fire, Humor
«Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people»
«Every disasters screams for humor»
Author: Silvia Millecam | About: Disaster, Humor
«Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things»
«But we are at war, and we here at THE DAILY SHOW will do our best to keep you informed of any late-breaking...humor we can find. Of course, our show is obviously at a disadvantage compared to the many news sources that we're competing with? at a disadvantage in several respects. For one thing, we are fake. They are not. So in terms of credibility we are, well, oddly enough, actually about even. We're about even.»
«A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.»
«English - Who needs that? I'm never going to England!»
Author: Dan Castellaneta (Actor, Writer) | About: Humor | Keywords: England, English
«Comedy keeps the heart sweet.»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Humor | Keywords: comedies, comedy
«Even the gods love jokes»
Author: Plato (Philosopher) | About: Humor, Jokes | Keywords: jokes, the gods

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