Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of things associated with it, and the greatness of services it renders. - Oscar Firkins: Memoirs and Letters.
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I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humour.
I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humour.
I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to read more
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A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.
A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.
The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.
The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.
I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it.
I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it.
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If they ever come up with a swashbuckling School, I think one of the courses should be Laughing, Then Jumping Off Something.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit is cultured insolence.
I never dare to write
As funny as I can.
I never dare to write
As funny as I can.
Humour has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.
Humour has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.
