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"Lady Constance's lips tightened, and a moment passed during which it seemed always a fifty-fifty chance that a handsome silver ink-pot would fly through the air in the direction of her brother's head."
P. G. Wodehouse
"Lady Constance's lips tightened, and a moment passed during which it seemed always a fifty-fifty chance that a handsome silver ink-pot would fly through the air in the direction of her brother's head."
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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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"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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"I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality."
Amber Tamblyn
"I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality."
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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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"Bite me, Goth princess, Shane called from the back. "Not literally or anything."Maybe you should say that to Michael."Not funny, Eve, Michael said.Eve raised her eyebrows and held her fingers up, measuring off about an inch. "Little bit, she said."
Rachel Caine
"Bite me, Goth princess, Shane called from the back. "Not literally or anything."Maybe you should say that to Michael."Not funny, Eve, Michael said.Eve raised her eyebrows and held her fingers up, measuring off about an inch. "Little bit, she said."
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"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office."
Robert Frost
"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office."
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"Don't be bashful, we're among gentlemen. It's a known fact that we men are the missing link between the pirate and the pig."
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
"Don't be bashful, we're among gentlemen. It's a known fact that we men are the missing link between the pirate and the pig."
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"I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable."
Bob Newhart
"I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable."
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"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."
Winston Churchill
"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."
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"Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing."
William Collins
"Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing."
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"Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know."
Milos Forman
"Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know."
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"When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did."
Allen Klein
"When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did."
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"It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required."
Stephen Leacock
"It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required."
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"I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money."
Ruth Rendell
"I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money."
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"There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you."
Winston Churchill
"There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you."
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"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker."
Ogden Nash
"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker."
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"Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation."
Benjamin Disraeli
"Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation."
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"Man, Grandma, what big hair you have.""The better to style with, my dear."
Neal Shusterman
"Man, Grandma, what big hair you have.""The better to style with, my dear."
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"Hell is a half-filled auditorium."
Robert Frost
"Hell is a half-filled auditorium."
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"There is nothing harder to explain than humor."
Milan Kundera
"There is nothing harder to explain than humor."
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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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"Having solved all the major mathematical, physical, chemical, biological, sociological, philosophical, etymological, meteorological and psychological problems of the Universe except for his own, three times over, [Marvin] was severely stuck for something to do, and had taken up composing short dolorous ditties of no tone, or indeed tune. The latest one was a lullaby."
Douglas Adams
"Having solved all the major mathematical, physical, chemical, biological, sociological, philosophical, etymological, meteorological and psychological problems of the Universe except for his own, three times over, [Marvin] was severely stuck for something to do, and had taken up composing short dolorous ditties of no tone, or indeed tune. The latest one was a lullaby."
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"Oh hell no. Guys don't talk about that crap."You're serious."Really."What do you talk about?Shane looked at her as if she were insane. "You know. Stuff. We're not girls. We don't talk about our feelings. I mean, not to other guys.Claire rolled her eyes and said, "Fine, be emotionally stunted losers; I don't care."
Rachel Caine
"Oh hell no. Guys don't talk about that crap."You're serious."Really."What do you talk about?Shane looked at her as if she were insane. "You know. Stuff. We're not girls. We don't talk about our feelings. I mean, not to other guys.Claire rolled her eyes and said, "Fine, be emotionally stunted losers; I don't care."
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"My first time I jacked off, I thought I'd invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, This is going to make me rich."
Chuck Palahniuk
"My first time I jacked off, I thought I'd invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, This is going to make me rich."
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"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not guilty.""
Theodore Roosevelt
"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not guilty.""
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"Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival."
Tom Robbins
"Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival."
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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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"The love of truth lies at the root of much humor."
Robertson Davies
"The love of truth lies at the root of much humor."
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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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"Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote."
Warren Buffett
"Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote."
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"Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up."
Muhammad Ali
"Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up."
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"The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies."
William Temple
"The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies."
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"Yes, my dear child, monsters are real. I happen to have one hanging in my basement."
Rick Yancey
"Yes, my dear child, monsters are real. I happen to have one hanging in my basement."
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"I discovered there was an endless source of robust enjoyment in trifling with psychiatrists."
Vladimir Nabokov
"I discovered there was an endless source of robust enjoyment in trifling with psychiatrists."
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"There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will."
Robert Frost
"There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will."
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"Through the metal grating on my carrier door, Adrian's face suddenly appeared, peering in at me. "What new, pussycat?"
Richelle Mead
"Through the metal grating on my carrier door, Adrian's face suddenly appeared, peering in at me. "What new, pussycat?"
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"Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone."
Baltasar Gracian
"Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone."
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"Perv."He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?"
Rachel Caine
"Perv."He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?"
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"Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."
Herman Melville
"Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."
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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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"If a woman's vagina was hell fire, then alot of sex maniacs would prefer to spend their eternity in hell."
Michael Bassey Johnson
"If a woman's vagina was hell fire, then alot of sex maniacs would prefer to spend their eternity in hell."
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"Gags die, humor doesn't."
Jack Benny
"Gags die, humor doesn't."
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"All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day."
Evelyn Waugh
"All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day."
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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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"A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth."
Adlai E. Stevenson
"A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth."
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"You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other."
Steve Irwin
"You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other."
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"The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job."
Napoleon Hill
"The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job."
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"Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary."
Shel Silverstein
"Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary."
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