Quote by Anna Salter Download Open image ““Humor is probably species specific”” — Anna Salter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Analyzing humor is like disecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” — E.B. White Copy Share Image
“trying to restore some kind of natural balance of humors in the world.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“A good test of the appropriateness of a joke is whether the humor controls us or we control it.” — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“humor is a spiritual journey to see the world in a unique, amusing way.” — Ed Toolis Copy Share Image
Humor must be one of the chief attributes of God. Plants and animals that are distinctly humorous in form and characteristics are God's jokes. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Humor relieves the tension between what we see or desire but repress in order to sustain a survivable illusion about the world we live… — Lynda Williams Copy Share Image
“People, in general, tend to project onto others their own state of mind. Well-meaning people inevitably assume other people are well meaning. People who… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“We must know something about malevolence, about how to recognize it, and about how not to make excuses for it. We must know that… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“I should meet many people who do not know anyone personally who has been raped or molested as a child. But I can't remember… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“In projecting onto others their own moral sense, therapists sometimes make terrible errors. Child physical abusers are automatically labeled “impulsive," despite extensive evidence that… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“Recently I interviewed a psychopath. This is always a humbling experience because it teaches over and over how much of human motivation and experience… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“Malevolence takes a bite out off your spirit. Just sitting with it, just talking with people who consciously and deliberately exploit others, feels like… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“The people who support and defend those accused of child sexual abuse indiscriminately, those who join organizations dedicated to defending people who are accused… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“For every group, malevolence is always somewhere else. Maybe we understand at this point in history that it can occur at night in darkened… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“Oddly then, in our search for meaning, we often assign victims too much blame for their assaults, and offenders too little. Our inconsistencies do… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“In musing on all that occurred in the course of the several years of harassment the error I decided I made, and others frequently… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image