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"There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor."
Thomas W. Higginson
"There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor."
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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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"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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"The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married."
Finley Peter Dunne
"The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married."
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"Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress."
Coco Chanel
"Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress."
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"You've won the evolutionary lottery: You're a vampire. Let's go to Disneyland!"
J.R. Ward
"You've won the evolutionary lottery: You're a vampire. Let's go to Disneyland!"
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"I'm going to have to give him shit for all this,' Shane said, as he wandered around. 'He lives alone and makes his bed? Who does that?''People who like things neat?''Its not natural."
Rachel Caine
"I'm going to have to give him shit for all this,' Shane said, as he wandered around. 'He lives alone and makes his bed? Who does that?''People who like things neat?''Its not natural."
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"When stupidity knocks at the door, it is stupidity that opens it."
Ljupka Cvetanova
"When stupidity knocks at the door, it is stupidity that opens it."
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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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"The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick."
Douglas Adams
"The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick."
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"So, Marasi said, "you traded a dead man's scarf for another dead man's gun. But the gun itself belonged to someone dead, so by the same logic-"Don't try, Waxillium said. "Logic doesn't work on Wayne."I bought a ward against it off a traveling fortune-teller, Wayne explained. "It lets me add two 'n' two and get a pickle."
Brandon Sanderson
"So, Marasi said, "you traded a dead man's scarf for another dead man's gun. But the gun itself belonged to someone dead, so by the same logic-"Don't try, Waxillium said. "Logic doesn't work on Wayne."I bought a ward against it off a traveling fortune-teller, Wayne explained. "It lets me add two 'n' two and get a pickle."
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"When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail."
Idries Shah
"When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail."
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"Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product."
Allen Klein
"Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product."
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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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"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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"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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"Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will."
"Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will."
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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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"Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies."
P. J. O'Rourke
"Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies."
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"You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes."
Ralph Kiner
"You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes."
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"A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once."
William Faulkner
"A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once."
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"One can have a wit, but not a witless."
Brandon Sanderson
"One can have a wit, but not a witless."
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"Are there any capitalist cats?" Nakata asked."
Haruki Murakami
"Are there any capitalist cats?" Nakata asked."
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"Politicians like the effect of alcohol because it makes them feel important."
Janvier Chouteu-Chando
"Politicians like the effect of alcohol because it makes them feel important."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"This has been a most wonderful evening. Gertrude has said things tonight it will take her 10 years to understand."
Alice B. Toklas
"This has been a most wonderful evening. Gertrude has said things tonight it will take her 10 years to understand."
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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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"Hell is a half-filled auditorium."
Robert Frost
"Hell is a half-filled auditorium."
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"We do not take humor seriously enough."
Konrad Lorenz
"We do not take humor seriously enough."
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"My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places."
A. A. Milne
"My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places."
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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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"Percy was getting tired of water.If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Poseidon's Junior Sea Scouts, but he didn't care."
Rick Riordan
"Percy was getting tired of water.If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Poseidon's Junior Sea Scouts, but he didn't care."
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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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"George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."
Mark Twain
"George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."
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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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"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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"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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"If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor."
Teri Garr
"If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor."
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"Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret."
Laurence J. Peter
"Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret."
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"Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end."
Eminem
"Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end."
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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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"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
Stephen Leacock
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
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"We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will laugh at the professor."
Stephen Leacock
"We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will laugh at the professor."
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"Bishop was all done with the witty converstaion. 'Will you swear?'And Myrnin said, shockingly, 'I will.' And he proceeded to, a string of swearwords that made Claire blink. He ended with, '-frothy fool-born apple-john! Cheater of vandals and defiler of dead dogs!' and did another twirl and bow. He looked up with a red, red grin that was more like a leer. 'Is that what you meant, my lord?"
Rachel Caine
"Bishop was all done with the witty converstaion. 'Will you swear?'And Myrnin said, shockingly, 'I will.' And he proceeded to, a string of swearwords that made Claire blink. He ended with, '-frothy fool-born apple-john! Cheater of vandals and defiler of dead dogs!' and did another twirl and bow. He looked up with a red, red grin that was more like a leer. 'Is that what you meant, my lord?"
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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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