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"Wit is educated insolence."
Aristotle
"Wit is educated insolence."
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"Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon."
Abbie Hoffman
"Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon."
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"Dad named his first ulcer after me."
Anonymous
"Dad named his first ulcer after me."
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"The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular."
Michael York
"The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular."
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"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."
Bill Vaughan
"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."
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"Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important."
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"A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way."
Allen Klein
"A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way."
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"Ding dong bell Pussy's in the well Who put her in? Little Tommy Green. Who pulled her out? Little Johnny Stout."
Anonymous
"Ding dong bell Pussy's in the well Who put her in? Little Tommy Green. Who pulled her out? Little Johnny Stout."
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"Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant."
W. Somerset Maugham
"Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant."
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"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."
William James
"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."
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"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
Mark Twain
"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
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"The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink."
Fran Lebowitz
"The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink."
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"Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy."
Bill Gates
"Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy."
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"A bred-in-the-bone Boston lady when asked why she never travelled said 'Why should I? I'm already there'."
Anonymous
"A bred-in-the-bone Boston lady when asked why she never travelled said 'Why should I? I'm already there'."
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"Silverfish looked down."Oh. Are you a dwarf?"Cuddy gave him a blank stare."Are you a giant?" He said."Me? Of course not!"Ah. Then I must be a dwarf, yes."
Terry Pratchett
"Silverfish looked down."Oh. Are you a dwarf?"Cuddy gave him a blank stare."Are you a giant?" He said."Me? Of course not!"Ah. Then I must be a dwarf, yes."
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"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker."
Ogden Nash
"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker."
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"Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind."
Terry Pratchett
"Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind."
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"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs."
Christopher Morley
"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs."
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"Never try to outstubborn a cat."
Robert A. Heinlein
"Never try to outstubborn a cat."
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"You still are? There go my plans! And the suit I had bought to attend your funeral. Well, well. Anyway, do call me up when you an't."
Fakeer Ishavardas
"You still are? There go my plans! And the suit I had bought to attend your funeral. Well, well. Anyway, do call me up when you an't."
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"The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."
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"I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic."
Shelley Berman
"I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic."
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"A sense of humour is a sense of proportion."
Kahlil Gibran
"A sense of humour is a sense of proportion."
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"American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity."
Gordie Howe
"American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity."
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"Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was."Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked."
Douglas Adams
"Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was."Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked."
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"Modern kitchen - where the pot calls the kettle chartreuse."
Anonymous
"Modern kitchen - where the pot calls the kettle chartreuse."
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"Black holes are where God divided by zero."
Albert Einstein
"Black holes are where God divided by zero."
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"A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself."
Clifton Fadiman
"A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself."
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"The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road."
Lisa Loeb
"The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road."
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"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
Terry Pratchett
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
Douglas Adams
"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
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"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."
Mark Twain
"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."
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"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
Mark Twain
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
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"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society."
William Makepeace Thackeray
"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society."
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"Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness."
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"As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis."
Priscilla Presley
"As a person, he was wonderful. He really was a great person. He was full of life. He had a great sense of humor. Very talented, of course, but very caring to his parents. There was a very endearing quality about Elvis."
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"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."
Mark Twain
"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."
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"The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught."
Lemony Snicket
"The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught."
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"No hard feelings about that time in the Crucible when you mixed my salts and I was nearly blind for a day. No. No, really, drink up!"
Patrick Rothfuss
"No hard feelings about that time in the Crucible when you mixed my salts and I was nearly blind for a day. No. No, really, drink up!"
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"I have my welcome mat turned around backwards so when people leave they think they're going to a better place."
Stanley Victor Paskavich
"I have my welcome mat turned around backwards so when people leave they think they're going to a better place."
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"Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life."
Muhammad Ali
"Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life."
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"It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, because you brush harder and do a better job."
Lemony Snicket
"It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, because you brush harder and do a better job."
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"This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to kick the handsome prince in the ham-and-eggs."
Terry Pratchett
"This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to kick the handsome prince in the ham-and-eggs."
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"Letter home from college boy: "There are 370 boys here - I wish there were 369.""
Anonymous
"Letter home from college boy: "There are 370 boys here - I wish there were 369.""
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"Nico: With great power, comes the great need to take a nap."
Rick Riordan
"Nico: With great power, comes the great need to take a nap."
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"Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie."
Knute Nelson
"Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie."
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"Humor is reason gone mad."
Groucho Marx
"Humor is reason gone mad."
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"Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra."
Fran Lebowitz
"Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra."
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"My greatest thrill was the day Mad magazine spoofed 'Ghost.'"
Jerry Zucker
"My greatest thrill was the day Mad magazine spoofed 'Ghost.'"
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"There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third."
Timothy Leary
"There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third."
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