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“Man is the animal who weeps and laughs - and writes. If the first Prometheus brought fire from heaven in a fennel-stalk, the last will take it back - in a book.”

Ifs Men Writing Firsts Book Lasts Heaven Animal Laughing Fire Stalking Prometheus

Book:Enjoyment of Literature

Source: Enjoyment of Literature

“Comedy exists to laugh at things that aren't laughable. But isn't it? That's what separates us from the animals. We laugh.”

Animal Laughing Comedy Laughable

Author:Joan Rivers

“Most animals show themselves sparingly. The grizzly bear is six to eight hundred pounds of smugness. It has no need to hide. If it were a person, it would laugh loudly in quiet restaurants, boastfully wear the wrong clothes for special occasions, and probably play hockey.”

Source: Crossing Paths: Uncommon Encounters with Animals in the Wild

“I really loved my dogs. Everyone laughs at me for it, but it's true. The time I spent with them, running, hunting, those were the happiest times of my life. They understood me. They were animals but they understood me far better than anyone in my family ever will. We shared something, we were the same. And they made me kill them.”

Made Running Animal Laughing Dog Understood My Family Hunting My Dog Time Of My Life

Author:Marie Phillips

“Nowadays we don't think much of a man's love for an animal; we laugh at people who are attached to cats. But if we stop loving animals, aren't we bound to stop loving humans too?”

People Ifs Thinking Men Love Humans Animal Laughing Cat Bounds

Book:Cancer Ward: A Novel

Source: Cancer Ward: A Novel

“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.”

Men Life Motivational Differences Animal History Laughing Human Nature Ought Laughter Pet Miscellaneous Humans And Animals

Author:William Hazlitt

“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.”

Looks Persons Bigs Eye Happiness Joy Spirit Animal Beauty Laughing Fire Color Laughter Loud Look Up Cheeks Animal Spirits

Book:Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With Notice of His Life

Source: Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With Notice of His Life

“Through the years I've learned to gain the trust of humans. I'm really good at gaining the trust of animals and I have developed the same ability with humans. I don't make people feel wrong, I just make people aware. I have learned to make people laugh.”

People Feels Years Humans Ability Animal Laughing Gains I've Learned I Have Learned Making People Laugh Through The Years

Author:Cesar Millan

“Disney Resort and World and Compound, a place where your dreams really do come true, if you dream about having people wearing enormous cartoon-animal heads come around to your restaurant table and act whimsical and refuse to go away until you laugh with delight.”

People Ifs World Dream Humor Funny Animal Laughing Tables Delight Refuse Enormous Your Dreams Restaurants Going Away Cartoon Resorts Compounds Whimsical

Book:Dave Barry Talks Back

Source: Dave Barry Talks Back

“When the animal becomes human, the effect is pleasingly benign and we laugh outloud, "Okay come clean now. This isn't really about hunting, is it?" But when the human becomes animal, the effect is disgusting, and if we laugh at all, then it is what Beckett calls the "mirthless laugh", which laughs at that which is unhappy.”

Ifs Humans Animal Laughing Effects Okay Clean Unhappy Hunting Disgusting Benign Beckett

Author:Simon Critchley

“Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal.”

Stills Shows Realizing Animal Laughing Comedy Fart

Author:Robin Williams