“The least we each ought to do for someone who treats us like a king or a queen is to treat them… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“If you would feel comfortable going around to someone's house at the end of a long day saying, "I'm just going to… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
“Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I'm tired of all this nonsense about real beauty is inside you.That's deep enough. I mean what do you want, a 'gorgeous… — Bishwajeet Pattnayak Copy Share Image
Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language...… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
“For a sane person to sincerely be happy that someone has succeeded, they have to either be profiting or likely to profit… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Mary was a famous fairground attraction but she doesn't really count as she rather famously turned out to be a monkey.” — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
“One of the police found a garden chair that I could stand on and they eyed me suspiciously as I tried to… — Tom Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humour is the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“News of the death of James V on 14 December gave even further cause for rejoicing, because his heir was a week-old… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
“Colleague, given that I’m detached to go hunting bandits, I’d be grateful for the continued loan of your horses until we return.… — Anthony Riches Copy Share Image
“Well, you may abuse me, be angry with me if you like," Porfiry Petrovitch began again, "but I can't resist. Allow me… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Not liking Christine would be like not liking small fluffy animals. And Christine was just like a small fluffy animal. A rabbit,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Actually, using the Daleks would be a masterstroke. Everyone loves Doctor Who - who wouldn't be thrilled by the sight of a… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“Man I’m hot,” I exclaimed, fanning myself. The combination of climbing out of the cave and the sun meant that I was… — Adele Rose Copy Share Image
“To do is to be – Aristotle To be or not to be – Shakespeare To be is to do – Jean-Paul… — Alannah Foley Copy Share Image
The more ignoble I find life, the more strongly I react by contradiction, in humour and in an outburst of liberty and… — Joan Miro Copy Share Image
There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life,the princesses… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Network administrators all share an abiding and passionate desire for one thing: We want our users to shut up.” — Michael W. Lucas Copy Share Image
“Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Part of my defence mechanism is humour, so sometimes when I'm being funny, it's just as a way of stopping people from… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
“I suppose when you say you slept with him, it was more than just a nap?" Lillian shot her a withering glance.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“We live in different times. I would not have described London as a city of gun-toters but that was when Londoners still… — Tyne O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare queried 'if music be the food of love, play on'; Well, I say laughter is life's champagne cocktail and humourlessness its… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Mary, you know I hate parties. My idea of hell is a very large party in a cold room where everybody has… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
“...I have to go home and get a few things done. If I don’t get out the Pledge soon, the dust bunnies… — Carla Foft Copy Share Image
If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Woody Allen's sense of humour has always attracted me, and I love the way he can make life so meaningful and yet… — Kalki Koechlin Copy Share Image
“Are you scared? I understand. The first time I saw my reflection in the mirror, even I was frightened by how BIG… — Atsushi Ohkubo Copy Share Image
“The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that; they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Sometimes strident, often tender, never afraid and seldom without humour, Desmond Tutu's voice will always be the voice of the voiceless. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Why, without a sense of humour, you are blind to so much in the world. To human nature. To the absurdity of… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
It's so easy as a child to identify with 'Winnie-the-Pooh.' The humour doesn't talk down at you. It's a very grown up… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
“Italics are like a rash -- you never know whether to ignore them entirely or whether the more you attention you give… — Zanesh Catkin Copy Share Image
If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I find it a lot with Australian and New Zealand comics, and people from that part of the world, we share quite… — Natasia Demetriou Copy Share Image
