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> [Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it or you don't. You can't attain it. There are terrible forms of professional humor, the humorists' humor. That can be awful.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/humor-is-really-one-of-the-hardest-things-to-define-very-hard-and-it/)

[Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

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> [Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it, or you don't. You can't attain it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/humor-is-really-one-of-the-hardest-things-to-define-very-hard-and-it-2/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

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## More by Heinrich Böll

> [Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it or you don't. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/humor-is-really-one-of-the-hardest-things-to-define-very-hard-and-it/)

[Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [I don't trust Catholics," I said, "because they take advantage of you." "And Protestants?" he asked with a laugh. "I loathe the way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/i-don-t-trust-catholics-i-said-because-they-take-advantage-of-you-and/)

[Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [Humor is really one of the hardest things to define, very hard. And it's very ambiguous. You have it, or you don't. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/humor-is-really-one-of-the-hardest-things-to-define-very-hard-and-it-2/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [Medals don't suit me. I'm not that kind of guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/medals-don-t-suit-me-i-m-not-that-kind-of-guy/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [“Feelings can kill such good hard things as love and hate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/feelings-can-kill-such-good-hard-things-as-love-and-hate/)

[Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [I was born December 21, 1917, in Cologne, on the Rhine, the son of the sculptor and cabinet-maker, Viktor Boell, and his wife, Maria, nee Hermanns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/i-was-born-december-21-1917-in-cologne-on-the-rhine-the-son-of-the/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [Politicians, ideologists, theologians and philosophers try time and again to provide solutions with nothing remaining: prefab solved problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/politicians-ideologists-theologians-and-philosophers-try-time-and/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [Between 1950 and 1951, I worked as a temporary employee in the Cologne Bureau of Statistics. From summer 1951 on, I have lived as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/between-1950-and-1951-i-worked-as-a-temporary-employee-in-the-cologne/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [I am a clown...and I collect moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/i-am-a-clown-and-i-collect-moments/)

[Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [Behind every word a whole world is hidden that must be imagined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/behind-every-word-a-whole-world-is-hidden-that-must-be-imagined/)

[Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [My most interesting correspondence is with my translators. I marvel at their sensitivity over certain passages that just anyone, even if he knows German…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/my-most-interesting-correspondence-is-with-my-translators-i-marvel-at/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [It's true and it's easily said that language is material, and something does materialise as one writes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/it-s-true-and-it-s-easily-said-that-language-is-material-and/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [On a visit to Cologne in March 1945, after a heavy bombing, I met hundreds and hundreds of deserters who were squatting in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/on-a-visit-to-cologne-in-march-1945-after-a-heavy-bombing-i-met/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [Because the completion of labour service was a precondition for permission to study at the university, I was able to begin my studies of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/because-the-completion-of-labour-service-was-a-precondition-for/)

[Heinrich Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

> [If you want to do something... get up and actually do it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-b-ll/if-you-want-to-do-something-get-up-and-actually-do-it/)

[Heinrich Böll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-b-ll/)

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