With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy. Round it all the muses sing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed. — Lucius Beebe Copy Share Image
“I wanted to write about the complexity and hilarity in the everyday business of being human.” — Kate De Goldi Copy Share Image
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“However, neither occasion quite matched the levels of hilarity that ensued on the day Mr Miller sat on the corner of his… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
The hilarity or brilliance of a forwarded link is inversely proportional to the number of people it's sent to. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“Everyone laughed their heads off, which is not what literally happened but I like the idea of laughing heads becoming detached from… — Siobhan Dowd Copy Share Image
“The moment you think is unbearable forces you to disappoint yourself by bearing it. There's resigned laughter available, for the hilarity of… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Waiting for the Electricity is a wildly original and ambitious debut, a novel that tackles cultural clashes with satirical hilarity. I haven't… — Jill Ciment Copy Share Image
... Baggott enjoys living on the knife edge between hilarity and heartbreak and that makes her a writer after my own heart. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Ah,” said Magnus. “Nerd love. It is a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Interesting. Stonecipheco Baby Foods. Not a bad line of products, really. A bit soft and runny for my taste, of course. .… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“John, let me make one thing clear,” Jim said, cutting me off in his most stern, evangelical voice. “Every man is blessed… — David Wong Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think the point has well and truly sunk in by now, and I can just carry on. I don't even… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Gonzo . . . acidic hilarity . . . 'The Fun Parts' has fine moments, but it's not the whole Lipsyte story.… — Janet Maslin Copy Share Image
The ironic is a mere ancient whisper in this torqued narrative: its odd violence feels true. Today & Tomorrow crashes through the… — Stacey Levine Copy Share Image
Grace is the celebration of life, relentlessly hounding all the non-celebrants in the world. It is a floating, cosmic bash shouting its… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“Oh my God, I sent a picture of my boobs to Jim," I moaned as a fresh wave of nausea rolled through… — Tara Sivec Copy Share Image
There's, like, marks next to an actor's name or something, and boy does that go up and down! Somewhere in there, which… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
As I grow older, what I find interesting is that I get experience with pain, different types of pain, and I start… — Rachael Yamagata Copy Share Image
A heartwarming tale of Christmas past that's chock full of all the wit and hilarity we admire in America's favorite humorist--Mark Twain.… — Gilbert King Copy Share Image
Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
“[…] One night, five men from Nuweiba were travelling past the mountain, and one of them fell behind, and was separated from… — Robert W. Lebling Copy Share Image
Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad… — Alice Thomas Ellis Copy Share Image
Funny how things turn out, I have swallowed one of the nevers I once prematurely declared. Well its a lesson learned, though… — Trinity Chasara Copy Share Image
I asked these Indians: "Do men ever make Chicha?" My question was met with gales of laughter. The women howled. Bent over… — Alan D. Eames Copy Share Image
These are the highlights in a lifetime of following sports. Hilarity. The most sheer fun I ever had in sports was playing… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
One more royal trait properly belongs to the poet. I mean his cheerfulness, without which no man can be a poet,--for beauty… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is something almost shocking in the notion of so chaste a function carrying this Kantian hurlyburly in her womb.” — William James Copy Share Image
No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
In the actual world--the painful kingdom of time and place--dwell care, and canker, and fear. With thought, with the ideal, is immortal… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
... no wisdom that [my kitten] may gain by experience and reflection hereafter will compensate for the loss of her present hilarity. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Norbit operates on the principle that vulgarity is automatically funny. Crassness doesn't need a joke attached because it is (in and of… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
When people get into extreme situations or they want something bad enough, hilarity can ensue because the stakes are just that high. — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Copy Share Image
What she felt was a lighthearted sort of compassion, almost like laughter. A swish of tender hilarity, getting the better of all… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I knew that I would speak in the language of the vanquished No more durable than old customs, family rituals, Christmas tinsel,… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image