“It was amazing how a crisis could concentrate some minds while others went to pieces. Things had gone disastrously wrong in the… — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
I am thrilled that DDLJ has beaten all records, Shah Rukh Khan and I share a close friendship that translates onto the… — Kajol Copy Share Image
“Maybe he'll go away if we don't answer," I said, and Jenks rose - sixty feet in a mere second. In another… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
“Gemma Davidson,” she answered, her voice as groggy as I felt. “Where are you?” I asked. “Who is this?” “Elvis.” “What time… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
Confusions in life: Why is the word ABBREVIATION too long? If a TURTLE loses his shell, is it Naked or Homeless? If… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
It was not possible for us to produce the same optimism and the same kind of humour or irony. Actually, it was… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“Men like Carew, he knows, tend to blame him, Cromwell, for Anne’s rise in the world; he facilitated it, he broke the… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“You're Ma's own blood son, but did she take on that time Tony Fontaine shot you in the leg? No, she just… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Why, oh why had he taken up Debbie's offer of a free personal training session, and today of all days? There was… — Mark Dunn Copy Share Image
“With him big Phil from Notting Hill an old "face" from the sixties a pin up gangster with a "mars bar" weal… — Saira Viola Copy Share Image
I think as much as I talk about humour being a defence mechanism, I'm also really grateful that I developed it, because… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
“Och, away now, Ruari. You'll be telling us you're not knowing who that woman is next! Man, man, that's an awful affliction.”… — Robertson Tait Copy Share Image
I've often said the most difficult things I have to say to people through humour. I can very quickly put someone in… — Dawn French Copy Share Image
[on his dwarfism] When I was younger, definitely, I let it get to me. As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
“Queen Bee hates me. I know, as I reach the door, that nothing good waits for me on the other side. When… — John Owen Theobald Copy Share Image
“I showed them a clip from Brokeback Mountain, which I think was done a tremendous disservice when they pitched it as a… — Jeremy Blachman Copy Share Image
“I like ass-watching.” Peabody settled herself in comfortably.“When I see one bigger than mine, it makes me feel good. When I see… — JD Robb Copy Share Image
“Come on. I know you're not a stupid man.' 'I'm quite stupid. Ask anyone.' 'Finbar, are there superheroes living among us?' Finbar… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
“Flaccus, the sort of girl I hate Is the scrawny one, with arms so thin My rings would fit them, hips that… — Martial Copy Share Image
“In the event of some sort of gathering, if one of the bossy, over bearing, possessive, fur balls has not flipped his… — Quinn Loftis Copy Share Image
“Uncle alone in the house with the children said he'd dress up to amuse them. After a long wait, as he did… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“There is indeed a great deal of futility amongst the human race which we do not commonly see, for it all forms… — Lord Dunsany Copy Share Image
“So it was perfectly possible that there were men who liked shopping, men who understood exactly what it was all about, but… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“Very sweetly, he always told her he loved her just the way she was. Although, honestly he had no idea. She shuddered… — Carmen Reid Copy Share Image
“...And began typing. We will not be meeting in my bedroom. Jack and I will meet you at your condo at midnight.… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
“Mr Wisdom,' said the girl who had led him into the presence. 'Ah,' said Howard Saxby, and there was a pause of… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“I also decided I want to have a meaningful relationship. But only with one person. And then stay with that person for… — Valerie Z. Lewis Copy Share Image
There is something indefinably keen and wan about her anatomy, and she has a watchful way of looking out of the corners… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Mr Mowett,' called Stephen in the pause while the table was clearing to make room for the pudding, and pudding-wine—in this case… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject… — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
“When you are no longer in the sexual universe – when you are supposedly too old, or too big, or simply no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“... there was one new metallic monstrosity stacked in one corner that she hadn’t seen the last time she was a visitor… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“[Kirk] paced back toward his command chair, all eyes on him. "He must have a weakness." "Certainly," Chekov said. "Is he not… — Dave Galanter Copy Share Image
Genuinely great humour recognises the world it's describing and yet we are also called into question by it. That's what great art… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
“It’s a popular fact that 90 percent of the brain is not used and, like most popular facts, it is wrong. .… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Too Busy I've folded all my laundry and put it in the drawer. I've changed my linen, made my bed, and swept… — Bruce Lansky Copy Share Image
“Three very crowded hours went past. They involved quite a lot of phone calls, telexes, and faxes. Twenty-seven people were got out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Logan licked a glob of strawberry jelly from her lower lip and smiled up at Odin. Only one comment seemed to perfectly… — Jennifer Turner Copy Share Image
“You don’t like me, do you?” she asked suddenly and pathetically, just like a small child. Sergei did not look at her… — William Axtell Copy Share Image
“Old lady, if I die I'd like you to do one small thing for me. I want you to build a one-hundred-acre… — Michael Buckley Copy Share Image