Humour Quotes
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I do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical sense... Schopenhauer’s saying, ‘A man can do what he wants, but not will what he wants,’ has been a very real inspiration to me since my youth; it has been a continual consolation in the face of life’s hardships, my own and others’, and an unfailing wellspring of tolerance. This realization mercifully mitigates the easily paralyzing sense of responsibility and prevents us from taking ourselves and other people too seriously; it is conducive to a view of life which, in part, gives humour its due.
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Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.
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It always interested me that 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The Kumars,' when shown around the world, were referred to as British comedy. It was only here that they were referred to as Asian comedy, even though I always felt it was very British in its humour and structure.
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Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them.
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There is no generation from an egg in the Mineral Kingdom. Hence no vascular circulation of the humours as in the remaining Natural Kingdoms.
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The writing is a joy, so seamless you nearly miss the sheer artistry of the style and the terrific, wry humour.
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There are a lot of filmmakers I love whose work doesn't inspire mine at all. For example: Quentin Tarantino. From his films you can see that he has a wicked sense of humour, and I love that!
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Humour is a big part of our lives as well as our music. Making it fun is the most important thing.
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Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people's hatred.
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I hope that the kind reader recognises this as a despairing attempt at humour.
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I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.
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Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that Humour excites in those who lack it.
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The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.
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With humour, there is life.
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You've got to have a sense of humour about sex. When you look at it, it's all pretty ridiculous, isn't it?
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What is really important to me is a sense of humour and a mischief about life. Life is just too boring otherwise.
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There is something indefinably keen and wan about her anatomy, and she has a watchful way of looking out of the corners of her eyes without turning her head which could be pleasantly dispensed with, especially when she is in an ill humour and near knives. Through all the good taste of her dress and little adornments, these objections so express themselves that she seems to go about like a very neat she-wolf imperfectly tamed.
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I wish the English still possessed a shred of the old sense of humour which Puritanism, and dyspepsia, and newspaper reading, and tea-drinking have nearly extinguished.
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Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won?
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Robbie minced into my life and he had the same oddball sense of humour as me. It was love at first laugh.
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It seems like it has kind of taken off where people are saying 'oh it's a female character' and it just kind of grew. But my intent in saying that was humour. You know, you have to show Link when you create a trailer for a Zelda announcement.
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musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.
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People ask how I’ve survived so long. Well, I was in the Blitz and there was stoicism in adversity. And humour. Humour has sustained me.
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I was trying for years to woo people through humour, but it seems flash cars are much easier.
