“Hour-long TV is no joke. It tests you as a human being. It makes you a stronger person, but it's really crazy.” HumansPersonsLongHoursHuman BeingsCrazyTvsJokesTestsStrongerStronger Person Author:Rebecca Romijn
“I describe it ( the new aesthetics) 'radically': I say aesthetics = human being. That is a radical formula. I set the idea of aesthetics directly in the context of human existence, and then I have the whole problem in the hand, them I have not a special problem, I have a "holography" (reacting on a former suggestion of the public as a slight joke, fh) I don't know exactly what a holography is.. (1973” KnowsHumansIdeasWholeProblemHandsHuman BeingsExistenceSpecialJokesFormerRadicalFormulasSuggestionsAestheticsHuman ExistenceReacting Author:Joseph Beuys
“Although I knew enough Freud to believe that the sex urge was an important mainspring of life, it still seemed to me that any conscious manifestation of sex was necessarily ludicrous. Defecation and copulation were two activities which made a human being totally ridiculous. At least the former could be conducted in private, but the latter by definition demanded a partner. I discovered, though, that whenever I ventured this opinion, people took it as a joke.” PeopleBelieveHumansMadeStillsTwoImportantEnoughSexHuman BeingsOpinionActivityJokesConsciousDefinitionsPartnersRidiculousFormerManifestationLatterUrges Author:Paul Bowles
“I'm against eating a human being alive - I don't do it. Somebody might make cannibalism jokes and laugh it off like it's nothing. I don't agree with that. I want to proclaim a rejection of cannibalism.” WantHumansMightHuman BeingsLaughingAliveEatingJokesAgreeRejectionCannibalism Author:John Maus
“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, big or small, young or old. He doesn't care if you're not smart, not popular, not a good joke-teller, not the best athlete, nor the best-looking person. To your dog, you are the greatest, the smartest, the nicest human being who was ever born. You are his friend and protector.” IfsHumansPersonsBigsCareYoungBornFriendshipHuman BeingsPoorRichDogSmartJokesAthleteProtectorDog LoverRich Or PoorBest AthleteHe Doesn't CareGrooming Dogs Author:Louis Sabin
“I went to sexaholics anonymous for six months. For research. I wanted to see the structure of the groups, how they were conducted, and what the atmosphere was like, and also to be able to describe the people as human beings, rather than as the dirty jokes that they are in our culture.” PeopleHumansAbleWantedCultureHuman BeingsGroupsMonthsSixJokesResearchStructureAtmosphereDirtySix MonthsDirty Jokes Author:Chuck Palahniuk