Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Music and the blues, they have taught me a lot. I think in this book, 'Book Of Hours,' there is this blues… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
I love humor in writing, so I've written to the thing that's funny, there's the joke, but then I just kept going.… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
“Be careful,” Zitora said. “He’s armed.” “I’m a Stormdancer! Mere metal is nothing compared with the power of a storm.” Kade made… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
“What the hell is the matter with Eddie? Ruth was thinking. If he doesn't stop staring at me, I'm going to drive… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“I can’t believe you grew up and ate a monkey. Worse, I can’t believe I let a guy who ate a monkey… — Rachel Gibson Copy Share Image
The comedy gods are smiling on me tonight, because I have been saying, for the longest time, that president Bush must set… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“I’ve written for those who want to learn, truly learn, about a community with which they aren’t familiar. Or for those who… — Daniel Stern Copy Share Image
“You will show that thing to me and from now on, I will deal with them." I opened my eyes really wide… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“Nessa held her arm up. She was staring at it, trying to gauge how big that was. “Dude, that’s as big as… — Erin Jamison Copy Share Image
“Anything well done has the feeling of death to me, of being finished. I don't want to "master" anything. I want to… — Lisa Crystal Carver Copy Share Image
“Closed. Plenty of time to see it later, remember?" He leads me into the courtyard, and I take the opportunity to admire… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
“Jenny: You didn't leave? Gareth: Of course I left. I was hungry, and I couldn't find anything to eat. I bought a… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
I am primarily a comedian. Sometimes I also do comedy about my cats. Now unless you find metaphors in cats, there is… — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
I gave myself three years and I said no matter what happens in those three years, I'm not going to stop comedy… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
“Wait. . are they really going to—” “Head butt each other until one passes out or dies of blood on the brain?… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“In his time the Pirate Captain had made a number of dramatic entrances of his own – not always intentional it had… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
“Miranda was nineteen. Her experience with men consisted of Winston and himself. Both of whom had heretofore been brotherly figures. The poor… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
“People were so scared of telling the truth because the truth was chaotic and complicated and decidedly uncool, but uncool was the… — Sarra Manning Copy Share Image
“Tibbie’s humor had often saved the day in the past, but this time it wasn’t going to work. Brianna was far too… — Ross Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
“Uh… not sure buying the entire store for that boy is good, Chace. If he’s living on the street, the rest of… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
Whether I'm writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I'm writing a show about people… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“It's hard to imagine talking to Lucy. But I can imagine sleeping with her. I have been imagining it quite regularly. I… — Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
“I turned on Fox News and jumped when I saw that they had one of those things in their studio. "Are you… — Ian McClellan Copy Share Image
“Then, there was a sudden, sharp pain in the bum and everything went dizzy, then dark. A poison peppermint dart had been… — Eric Arvin Copy Share Image
My father said, "Okay, enough with the Jewish school." He put me into a public school and he said, "If you are… — Chantal Akerman Copy Share Image
“or because he got eighteen years when he should have gotten more.' 'Seventeen,' Gus corrected. 'I'm assuming you've got some time, you… — John Green Copy Share Image
“It seems to be one of Nature’s laws that the most attractive girls should have the least attractive brothers. Fillmore Nicholas had… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“The people are like an audience watching a drama. They have characters whose sides they chose even before the start of the… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“I think preconceived ideas or prejudgments are meant to give us an edge whenever we are dealing with others we don’t know… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Subject: Sundown Date: June 14 2011 09:35 To: Christian Grey Dear Completely & Utterly Smitten I love waking up with you, too.… — E.L. James Copy Share Image
I'm just an actor. If it's drama, I add as much humour as the part will stand. And if it's a comedy,… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
“Dog's ears went up at the word "ham": they say dogs have a vocabulary of about twenty words, and I was pretty… — Craig Johnson Copy Share Image
“The American dream was not supposed to look like this, and when men went off the war, too often other men came… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
I always feel that comedy, at its best, tackles issues that are controversial, polarizing, volatile, and sheds light onto those issues and… — Randall Park Copy Share Image
“Gryffindor is the courageous one right? I mean, I’m here because I have the balls to tell adults when they’re douche bags,… — Trish Cook, Brendan Halpin Copy Share Image
“I picked up a transsexual hooker named Thor, all six feet of her, at the off ramp to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as… — J.A. Konrath Copy Share Image
The image of a person completely covered in cotton candy made me laugh the most. I'm not sure why. To me, being… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I become the comedy jukebox. I read the emails, people give me requests.The shows are just amazing; they're packed with people… — Pablo Francisco Copy Share Image