“I am a ginger tim. I am a boy racer. I am a housewife. I am a pain in the arse.” — Joan Ellis Copy Share Image
People think because you give up the booze you become boring and glum, but there is humour. — Tony Adams Copy Share Image
I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous. — Bahman Ghobadi Copy Share Image
Humour was a big part of growing up. It was a valuable currency in our household to be funny. — Rebecca Front Copy Share Image
“Some people would regard people who look like they do as ugly if they did not look like them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Yer a dead man!" Davy shouts, going in a full circle with the horse jumping and rearing. "Yer half right," I say.” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
I tend to work on the principle that much humour relies on cognitive dissonance - on the foreground not matching the background,… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“Death is number one on the list of things that we wish were possible to leave behind when we escaped barbarism.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Cross it? I'm making plans to destroy the bridge from orbit. -Colonel Ceeta… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
I think Hyderabadis have the best sense of humour in the entire country and I still remember the famous plays of 'Adrak… — Javed Jaffrey Copy Share Image
“I violently dislike you,' she said, and then she was gone, slamming the door and leaving a sort of shocked silence behind.” — Kate Johnson Copy Share Image
“In the event that your feminist activities are discovered, quick diversions include bursting into song, asking him how to fix something in… — Reductress Copy Share Image
“Hmm… if yelling at me makes you feel okay… then we can continue. I can even make some more tea for the… — Sam P. Grace Copy Share Image
“Ivanov: Gentlemen, you've again set up a drinking shop in my study... I have asked each and every one of you a… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I was a weirdo. I wasn't picked on or anything. And I wasn't smarter than the other kids; that's not why I… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
“One of the things about football fans in general is that they all think that they’re the same. But they are not.… — Dougie Brimson Copy Share Image
“The executioner's argument was that you couldn't cut of something's head unless there was a trunk to sever it from. He'd never… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“It commenced raining one day and did not stop for two months. We went through ever different kind of rain they is,… — Winston Groom Copy Share Image
“The Baudelaires' journey up the Vertical Flame Diversion was so dark and treacherous that it is not enough to write “The Baudelaires'… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“And so Mort came at last to the river Ankh, greatest of rivers. Even before it entered the city, it was slow… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He didn’t say anything until we approached my trailer. “Truth be told, I was hoping for a goodnight kiss, you know, after… — Sherry Gammon Copy Share Image
