“When you celebrate, there is sure to be cake." Florence Ditlow, in "The Bakery Girls.” — Florence Ditlow Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in decent women who do not know how to play the piano.” — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“Sit down, my dear,” said Mr. Jarndyce. “This, you must know, is the growlery. When I am out of humour, I come… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When they first start doing comedy, new comics or even people that have only been doing it three or four years, they're… — Erik Griffin Copy Share Image
“What does a freelance researcher do?” “Researches things.” He winks at me and helps lift my bike onto a cobblestone walkway. “It’s… — Caroline George Copy Share Image
A friend of mines call me and tell me he loose my phone number, if I can give it back to him? — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
I feel like comedy is where I'm most at ease, but I also have an allergy to silly jokes. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
“The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness, "that delectable trance of happiness, that ultimate peak… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“I trust my points are noted... Very noted... Received, recognized, and duly considered with the utmost gravity. Sealed, notarized, and firmly imprinted… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Micah snorted. “Yes. But I’m a growing boy. I’m always hungry.” “You’re twenty-six years old. I think you’ve grown all you’re going… — Lex Valentine Copy Share Image
“And we the people are so vulnerable. Our bodies are shot with mortality. Our legs are fear and our arms are time.… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I like it when you reach into a vending machine to grab your candy bar, and that flap goes up to block… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“[On Dr. Strangelove ]: My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Brad will tell you. He puts a movie on, I'm asleep in 10 minutes. I have no patience. But the kids love… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“He had a curiously stunted sense of humor and loved practical jokes that veered dangerously close to cruelty. Once on a hot… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
At the beggining of my career, for me the comedy circuit was a combination of desperation and the fact that it was… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
“Like a shot from a movie, the morning sun shone brilliantly around him like a god—his dark hair glinted warmly in the… — Julie James Copy Share Image
“Will, you look like hell!" I yelled through the glass door. "I can't say how you look," he said. "But if you… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
“He didn’t even apologize as he sat up, staring down at her. Was he angry? She guessed not when he began to… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“You have to enjoy power, have a certain ruthlessness, to accept the beauty and not mourn the fact that it overshadows everything… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Consider this argument another wedge served from the malodorous pie known as "My way is Right," the dessert of choice for politicians,… — Jeff Deck Copy Share Image
“As the late neurologist Max Levin theorized: "If play were not pleasurable, kittens would never chase each other's tails, and so would… — John Pollack Copy Share Image
“Goodreads sports some of the social awkwardness of middle school. If you are looking for a friend, I promise no matter your… — Red Phoenix Copy Share Image
“She’d never been attracted to alpha men, and Luke was so alpha he could be a spokesman for the Alpha Support Group… — Edie Ramer Copy Share Image
I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
“Just a little pointer, Indy, girl to girl, if you want that week with Lee to last into two. He likes it… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
For me, the best thing about Cyberpunk is that it taught me how to enjoy shopping malls, which used to terrify me.… — Rudy Rucker Copy Share Image
You know you're a hot mess when the only person buying you drinks all night is yourself. — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
“The pen is mightier than the sword unless it's a real sword in which case the guy with the pen should run… — Roger Eschbacher Copy Share Image
“I am a master of folklore - I should be able to throw folklore fireballs or something.” — Michael R. Underwood Copy Share Image
I mean, teenage girls and their fathers don't have a lot in common, but when you add something like comedy into the… — Stephanie Beatriz Copy Share Image
From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining. — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
I don't care if you think I'm racist. I just want you to think I'm thin. — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image