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“The problem, he thought, was that so much humour involved misfortune of one sort or another, and now that same human misfortune… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
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“Mercer,” Polly says, “we are now going to hug. As a group. The experience will be very un-English. It will be good… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
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So in all humours sportively I range; My muse is rightly of the English strain, That cannot long one fashion entertain. — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
I suggest taking the high road and have a little sence of humour and let things roll off your back. I think… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
London Fashion Week is so different from any of the others. Compared to the strictness in New York, London seems freer from… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
“Hairy monkeyballs!” I hiss. “Dogshit on a stick! Puke pancakes!” A head pokes in. Wren, green eyes smiling, walks over to my… — Sara Wolf Copy Share Image
“No, it's the best time for jokes,' said Olivia. She forced a weak smile. 'Jokes remind us that we're alive. And that… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“From this, Udinaas surmised, various lessons could be drawn, should one be inclined to draw lessons from multiple acts of stupidity.” — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
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“Mary was a famous fairground attraction but she doesn't really count as she rather famously turned out to be a monkey.” — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
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“Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language...… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life,the princesses… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The more ignoble I find life, the more strongly I react by contradiction, in humour and in an outburst of liberty and… — Joan Miro Copy Share Image
“To do is to be – Aristotle To be or not to be – Shakespeare To be is to do – Jean-Paul… — Alannah Foley Copy Share Image
“I suppose when you say you slept with him, it was more than just a nap?" Lillian shot her a withering glance.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Part of my defence mechanism is humour, so sometimes when I'm being funny, it's just as a way of stopping people from… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
“Network administrators all share an abiding and passionate desire for one thing: We want our users to shut up.” — Michael W. Lucas Copy Share Image
“Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
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Woody Allen's sense of humour has always attracted me, and I love the way he can make life so meaningful and yet… — Kalki Koechlin Copy Share Image
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