“I'm beginning to feel that the real endangered species on planet earth are not the whales and the elephants but those of us who can laugh at the world and ourselves. ... I fear the dry turn of the American mind, this focus on the literal, as much as I fear our capacity for self-destruction. We've become hagridden by facts, obsessed with product instead of process. Where's the energetic wit, the looney outlook, the frivolity, the lightness of comforting laughter? It has become fashionable to know and unfashionable to feel, and you can't really laugh if you can't feel.” IfsKnowsWorldFeelsMindRealSelfFactsFeelingsHumorEarthTurnsProcessLaughingFocusPlanetsProductsLaughterCapacityDestructionSpeciesWitObsessedDryElephantsOutlookComfortingFashionableLiteralWhalesEnergeticPlanet EarthSelf DestructionLightnessFrivolityEndangered Species Author:Rita Mae Brown
“Immigrants bring to America the values of faith in God, love of family, hard work and self reliance - the values that made us a great nation to begin with. We've all seen those values in action, through the service and sacrifice of more than 35,000 foreign-born men and women currently on active duty in the United States military.” MenMadeSelfHardStatesHumorActionAmericaPoliticalValuesNationsBornUnitedUnited StatesSacrificeMilitaryDutyHard WorkMen And WomenActiveGod LoveImmigrantsFaith In GodSelf RelianceRelianceFamily LovePolitical HumorGreat NationsUnited States MilitaryService And Sacrifice Author:George W. Bush
“Did you ever notice they never take any fat hostages? You never see a guy coming out of Lebanon going: "I was held hostage for seven months and I lost 175 pounds, I feel good and I look good and I learned self-discipline. That's the important thing."” FeelsLooksImportantSelfHumorFunnyGuyLostMonthsDisciplineImportant ThingsSevenFatsFeel GoodPoundsComing OutSelf DisciplineHostageLebanonI Feel GoodSeven Months Author:Denis Leary
“We use similar products. Our focus industry is healthcare and hospitality. But we haven?t done anything interactive. The first day full of seminars is full of things I thought would be useful: quick service restaurant and mobile phone applications. Businesses are providing more services and products by self-service means.” FirstsMeanSelfDoneUseHumorWould BeFunnyFocusHavensProductsIndustryPhonesRestaurantsApplicationHealthcareProvidingHospitalityMobileMobile PhonesInteractiveSeminarsSelf Service Author:Milton Jones
“I live near a remedial school. There is a sign that says, slow... children. That can't be good for their self esteem. But look of course on the positive side, they can't read it.” LooksChildrenSelfHumorSchoolFunnyCoursesSidesSelf EsteemBe GoodEsteem Author:Jimmy Carr
“My only thrill is self inflicted hickies.” SelfHumorFunnyThrillSelf Inflicted Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“So I went to a club the other day, which is timely because my self esteem had been hovering right around 'normal' and I had been meaning to knock it down to negative 1000.” SelfHumorFunnySelf EsteemNormalNegativeClubsEsteemTimelyHovering Author:Mike Birbiglia