“We'd taken up our positions on the benches between the school hall and a newly-installed outdoor basketball court. Being hip-hoppers, we were… — Nikesh Shukla Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
“they were very scary times [1982], Midge Ure dancing with tears in his eyes. That German girl with the hairy arm pits… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have lived now for over a century, yet I can still say with complete confidence that no one can claim to… — John Biggins Copy Share Image
“If we really exist merely to fulfill God’s plan: then life is a television drama; with God being the scriptwriter, the director,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I woke up when my pillow was yanked out from under my head and Chloe mumbled something incoherent about spinach and hot… — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
“He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his… — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
“Did you slip in some cheese? Did it make you hate cheese, which you had previously loved? Why not sue a cheese-maker?… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Outside the door, a teller with a blue rosette chomps on an apple and asks for my number. She smiles a thank… — Maddie Grigg Copy Share Image
“I reached and grabbed ahold of the garden rake that was leaned up against the tree, when suddenly I felt my heart… — DEAN MAFAKO, M.D Copy Share Image
“It might have interested Newt to know that, of the thirty-nine thousand women tested with the pin during the centuries of witch-hunting,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Around 11 P.M., unable to concentrate on his work or even watch the news, he had started to wonder if this was… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“My mortgage isn’t getting any cheaper and I can’t run that Ferrari on faith alone," Reverend Jones said. "Don’t get me wrong,… — Mark Jackman Copy Share Image
“Do not demean yourself by stating the ridiculous," Grimalkin replied smoothly. Just because my species is vastly superior does not mean you… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
“Mr Moss's courtyard is railed in like a cage, lest the gentlemen who are boarding with him should take a fancy to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Oh, it must be wonderful to be educated. What does it feel like?' 'It's like having an operation,' said Treece. 'You don't… — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
Elderly people, I have found, when they're being honest, are also scumbags, and enjoy a little prurient humour as well. — Rob Delaney Copy Share Image
“Oh my heavens!" said Julian's disembodied voice. "I seem to have pulled my big meaty hamstring! However will I deliver this basket… — Robert Bevan Copy Share Image
I was a bit of a humour black sheep. I would make these jokes full of irony and dark cynicism and that… — Ayda Field Copy Share Image
People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“In fact, some people use humour so habitually that it is hard for them to remain serious for any length of time.” — Margaret Hough Copy Share Image
“...and - holy shit was this song bad. It was like the singer was stabbing my ear with a dagger made of… — David Wong Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of shock value humour and I find myself being most comfortable when I make other people uncomfortable. Is… — Jason Biggs Copy Share Image
I've always said, I thought the Sex Pistols was more Music Hall than anything else - because I think that really, more… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
“...Cromwell informed me I’d only have the keys to my car once I’d earned his trust back. His trust? Like I was… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
“Yeah, yeah, whatever. I have great taste in music, we can listen to Justin Bieber and Black Eyed Peas and Nickelback all… — Salifiable Copy Share Image
On 'EastEnders' everyone's bitter, angry. Where are the wonderful characters that I lived with, who could find humour even in the lowest… — David Jason Copy Share Image
“If you want to know what the camel stole from your kitchen yesterday, then you shouldn;t slit open its stomach. You should… — Jussi Adler-Olsen Copy Share Image
“Smirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
“(Even the teachers noticed. Mr. Diaz walked past my locker when Finn was there and said, "For the love of all that… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“Prose fills a space, like a liquid poured in from the top, but poetry occupies it, arrays itself in formation, sets up… — Simon Armitage Copy Share Image
“Gabe says you make a mean chicken." Finn, who is sitting by the fireplace making smoke, comments for the first time. "Well,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Being HIV positive doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to die before each and every person who is HIV negative.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I was very responsible, and very mature. Travis says otherwise, but he’s not important right now. We’re focused on me.” — Finn Eccleston Copy Share Image
“There would definitely be way fewer instances of cheating, if the average couple did not have sex only when the woman feels… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“St John had always been a fan of the RS Turbo, mainly due to the colour coded rear spoiler and air vents… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Scott Derrickson breathes humour into a character with a very strong identity in the '60s and '70s, that psychedelia era of Eastern… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
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