Cities Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “City wits, country humorists.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cities Country Funny Humorists Wit
Every city has comedians who tap into local culture and have success but don't travel well. — Les Dennis Copy Share Image
In Britain people might know me more for my comedy writing background, things like that. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“Humorists are precisely the kinds of guys who can cut through the orgy of petty indignation that the aging baby boomers are imposing on… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you're interested in being… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the… — Oscar W. Firkins Copy Share Image
Humor, in one form or another, is characteristic of every nation; and reflecting the salient points of social and national life, it illuminates those… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
It's interesting, in the U.K., I'm known for doing comedy things, which often doesn't translate to the U.S. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Men of humor are always in some degree men of genius; wits are rarely so, although a man of genius may, amongst other gifts,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
There is certainly a higher percentage of wit in British comedy than in American comedy. What always tickles me is the way in which… — Christopher Lloyd Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population. — Carlo Ratti Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled… — James Cross Giblin Copy Share Image
Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away. — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
