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> [You can teach taste, editorial sense, but the ability to say something funny is something I've never been able to teach anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-burrows/you-can-teach-taste-editorial-sense-but-the-ability-to-say-something/)

[Abe Burrows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abe-burrows/)

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## More by Abe Burrows

> [Glamour: the indefinable something about a girl with a big bosom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-burrows/glamour-the-indefinable-something-about-a-girl-with-a-big-bosom/)

[Abe Burrows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abe-burrows/)

> [You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-burrows/you-throw-a-perfectly-straight-line-at-the-audience-and-then-right-at/)

[Abe Burrows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abe-burrows/)

> [Someone once defined humor as a way to keep from killing yourself. I keep my sense of humor and I stay alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-burrows/someone-once-defined-humor-as-a-way-to-keep-from-killing-yourself-i/)

[Abe Burrows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abe-burrows/)

> [The fact is that comedy is actually too serious to be taken seriously. It may be that comedy touches such deep emotions that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-burrows/the-fact-is-that-comedy-is-actually-too-serious-to-be-taken-seriously/)

[Abe Burrows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abe-burrows/)

> [You can teach taste, editorial sense, but the ability to say something funny is something I've never been able to teach anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-burrows/you-can-teach-taste-editorial-sense-but-the-ability-to-say-something/)

[Abe Burrows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abe-burrows/)

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