Humor Quote by Nicholson Baker

“All I had done was to improve on their strategy, and it was the beginning of a very important lesson in life - that…

— Malcolm X

“I had worked my way through a thousand problems, like when the tar paper bulged on the corners so I used a strap wrapped…

— Dee Williams

“All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom windows, because I had some idea…

— Joan Didion

“I noticed how utterly indifferent the passengers were to what they were doing, namely, flying through the air. A glance out of the window…

— Glen Duncan

“We had way too much romance to take care of when we were together, and besides that, Father Johnson had explicitly told us we…

— Ree Drummond

“The things we do when we expect our lives to continue are naturally and properly different than the things we might do if we…

— Daniel Gilbert

“He gave a speech, saying we would work on Saturdays and Sundays and sleep under desks until it got done. Someone pushed back from…

— Ashlee Vance

“Such was life that morning: nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and the bad ones. We were in the business of…

— John Green

“I thought about how people seemed always to keep their distance. And how I always made sure to keep mine. The schoolmaster, Mr. Henderson,…

— Lauren Wolk

“I tried all the outside ways first—I imagined the changes I needed to make were about time management, or perhaps having the cleaners come…

— Shauna Niequist

“A sweeping vista of Northern sky opens up between the warehouses and hangs motionless above the cobbled streets. It’s a world of unrequited love…

— Neil Schiller

“We had visceral, rich memories of dull, interminable hours. Then a day would pass in perfect harmony with our projects, our family members, and…

— Joshua Ferris