“I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat! If we ever pass out as a great nation we ought to put on our tombstone 'America died from a delusion that she had moral leadership.'” IfsFactsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalNationsPartyMoralWatchesOughtMembersJokesDiedDemocratOrganizedReportsDelusionPolitical PartiesGreat NationsTombstoneMoral Leadership Author:Will Rogers
“The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantFactsComedyEmpathyJokesImportant ThingsSurpriseSurprising Author:Ricky Gervais
“Other than his ex-wife and despite appearances with a series of cultivated blondes, Edward de Bono has never publicly aligned himself with a woman. 'I’m looking for a fat, cross-eyed hunchback,' he explains, stifling a giggle. 'A prosthetic hump would do.' His delight evaporates when asked about his three grandchildren. 'Am I a doting grandfather?' He pauses. 'I’m a … something grandfather, yes.' The fact that De Bono remains unperturbed by this lack betrays an emotionally austere childhood, and his passions for play, toys, and bad jokes tell of the same deprivation.” PlayFactsPassionThreeWifeChildhoodJokesCrossesRemainsSeriesDelightAppearanceFatsDespiteBetrayToysGrandfatherPausesGrandchildrenExesDeprivationGiggleStiflingEx WifeProstheticsBad JokesHis Ex Author:Antonella Gambotto-Burke
“In actual fact, the female function is to explore, discover, invent, solve problems crack jokes, make music - all with love. In other words, create a magic world.” WorldFactsProblemMagicJokesFemaleFunctionSolveCracks Author:Valerie Solanas
“When grown-up persons indulge in practical jokes, the fact gauges them. They have lived narrow, obscure, and ignorant lives, and at full manhood they still retain and cherish a job lot of left-over standards and ideals that would have been discarded with their boyhood if they had then moved out into the world and a broader life.” IfsWorldPersonsHas BeensStillsFactsJobsLeftStandardsJokesIdealsMovedPracticalsIgnorantCherishObscureManhoodIndulgeIndulge InDiscardedBoyhoodGaugesPractical Joke Book:Autobiography of Mark Twain Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain
“It is of first-rate importance to notice from the start that stupidity is not the same thing, or the same sort of thing, as ignorance. There is no incompatibility between being well-informed and being silly, and a person who has a good nose for arguments or jokes may have a bad head for facts.” FirstsWellsMayPersonsFactsIgnoranceJokesArgumentImportanceRateStupiditySillyNosesBeing SillyIncompatibility Book:The Concept of Mind Source: The Concept of Mind