"HOMÅ’OPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession." — Ambrose Bierce

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• Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. — Ambrose Bierce
• HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss… — Ambrose Bierce
• I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced… — Hugh B. Brown
• Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish. — William Zinsser
• In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness… — Vincent Canby
• I did not intend to write a funny book, at first. I did not know I was a humorist. I… — Jerome K. Jerome
• How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary? — Norman Rockwell
• A heartwarming tale of Christmas past that's chock full of all the wit and hilarity we admire in America's favorite… — Gilbert King
• If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no… — George Burns
• The American humorist sat on his couch suffering thoughts of her, trying to figure out how to win back her… — Richard Brautigan
• Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a… — Garrison Keillor
• Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we… — Thomas Carlyle

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