Humourists Quotes

#1. Humourists lead ... an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.

James Thurber

#2. the greatest humourists are deep down usually angry men, who know that human nature ignores tirades, but is responsive to laughter.

Frank McLynn

#3. We become what we repeatedly do.

Sean Covey

#4. No nation can survive without passing its heritage, language and, yes, faith to the next generation. A country must be built on something substantial and if the cultural elitists think it can be built on 'diversity,' that is a foundation of shifting sand.

Cal Thomas

#5. It's about the possibility, or otherwise, of meaning in the world. And the possibility, or otherwise, of writing. And the possibility, or otherwise, of the resolution of everything into some coherent, cogent vision.

Tom McCarthy

#6. If you work with pigs, you're more likely to have your appendix operated on:

Jack Mingo

#7. When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.

Ernestine Rose

#8. We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

#9. I'm a good liar. A great one. And to be a great liar you have to live your lies, to believe them, to the point that when you tell them to yourself enough times, even what's right before your eyes will bend itself to the falsehood.

Mark Lawrence

#10. Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.

Christopher Durang

#11. What are you looking for?" she asked abruptly. "It's rather rude for a gentleman to enter a lady's room without permission."
"I'm not a gentleman."
"Really? I thought otherwise.

Elizabeth Hoyt

#12. While Bradshaw applauded McNabb for playing hurt, he offered this dose of reality for the Eagles If he doesn't stay healthy, it's over, ... What are you going to do You roll the dice.

Terry Bradshaw