“This Nicholas anon leet fle a fart As greet as it had been a thonder-dent, That with the strook he was almoost… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
“But cocks aren’t supposed to lay eggs...” Sahil said, trying to untangle himself. “...they’re supposed to fertilise them.” — Faraaz Kazi Copy Share Image
I'm pretty slapstick in my life but nobody sees that. You get typecast. I'm from New York and I have a sh*t-detector… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
Painting, by its nature, cannot provide an object of simultaneous collective reception... as film is able to do today... And while efforts… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Old friend, there are people—young and old—that I like, and people that I do not like. The former are always in short… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Why, on to the castle, to kill the royal family, and claim the throne that isn't mine by right!” — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, "Please -… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Imagine (if you dare) a whimsical marriage of Lord Dunsany and S.J. Perelman, and you have something approaching the tales of Rhys… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I try everything. 'F.A.L.T.U.' was a high-school slapstick. 'Rangrezz' was drama, gruesome in parts. — Jackky Bhagnani Copy Share Image
“Standing among all those tiny, wavering lights, I felt as though I were God, up to my knees in the Milky Way.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My nan used to look after me in the summer holidays and she had a cat with one eye. It used to… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
“After facing the relentless pandemic showdowns, many long for the glow of a new dawn and crave bright life stories with liberating… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Chris Farley, I was a huge fan of his growing up. I would love to do something kind of slapstick and funny,… — Jaimie Alexander Copy Share Image
I always think of "Popeye" and "Barney Google" as quintessential comic strips in that old rollicky, slapstick way we've sort of lost. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“Yes, and Eliza and I composed a precocious critique of the Constitution of the United Staes of America, too. We argued that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Writing about the indignities of old age: the daunting stairway to the restaurant restroom, the benefits of a wheelchair in airports and… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I like broad comedy. If I had an idea tomorrow for a film that was all slapstick and broad comedy, and it… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I thought the other ones were so obviously - what are we going to do if she burns down the house? The… — Mary-Louise Parker Copy Share Image
People still talk about a British sense of humour, or French slapstick or how the Germans have no sense of humour -… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world. — Tina Weymouth Copy Share Image
I think I love humor in poetry, but not that slapstick cheap easy humor, but that uncomfortable, "did she say that out… — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
