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> [It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/it-s-easier-to-find-the-joke-in-something-when-you-think-this-this-is/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

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## More by Alexandra Petri

> [They will wrest 'dull words' from my cold dead hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/they-will-wrest-dull-words-from-my-cold-dead-hands/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were in coffee shops instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/standup-comedy-was-my-weird-hobby-i-would-drag-my-poor-parents-out-to/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [You can be brilliant in some ways and despicable in others. You can be a clean, upright, moral individual in your private life who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/you-can-be-brilliant-in-some-ways-and-despicable-in-others-you-can-be/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [Almost nothing anyone told me about Harvard has been accurate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/almost-nothing-anyone-told-me-about-harvard-has-been-accurate/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [Success is like food caught in your teeth: much more noticeable when it happens to other people. If it happens to you, other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/success-is-like-food-caught-in-your-teeth-much-more-noticeable-when/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote for 'On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/i-majored-in-extracurriculars-honestly-i-joined-the-harvard-stand-up/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/dull-words-are-what-make-many-bright-sentences-shine-they-do-not-call/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan manner. Incrementally, day by day, we should reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/bills-ought-to-be-passed-with-deliberation-by-committees-change/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [Although no one explicitly wants a president who could have a reliable fall back career in stand-up comedy, everyone shudders at the thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/although-no-one-explicitly-wants-a-president-who-could-have-a/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [George Washington didn't have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid chopping down more cherry trees than he could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/george-washington-didn-t-have-to-make-us-laugh-he-just-had-to/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [At Harvard, people like to impart the idea that you are a mover and shaker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/at-harvard-people-like-to-impart-the-idea-that-you-are-a-mover-and/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/it-s-easier-to-find-the-joke-in-something-when-you-think-this-this-is/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [The desire for attention has become a primal need along the lines of food, water, and clothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/the-desire-for-attention-has-become-a-primal-need-along-the-lines-of/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [The biggest way to be productive is if you're procrastinating on another more important project.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/the-biggest-way-to-be-productive-is-if-you-re-procrastinating-on/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

> [As long as cantankerous old people have existed, they have complained that kids nowadays don't seem to know anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/as-long-as-cantankerous-old-people-have-existed-they-have-complained/)

[Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/)

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