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“[W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.”

Humor Running Funny Nations Humour Shops

Book:Delphi Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated)

“Humour very often consists of shrewd perceptions about people. It's usually fun at someone's expense. Nowadays if you're funny at anybody's expense they run to the UN and say, "I must have an ombudsman to protect me." You hardly dare have a shrewd perception about anybody.”

People Ifs Running Fun Humour Protect Perception Dare Expenses

Author:Robertson Davies

“Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl.”

Giving Facts Running Bits Class History Humour Becoming Army Mere Tone Officers Warfare Lower Class Sergeants

Book:The Carpet People

Source: The Carpet People

“Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!”

Looks Humor Running Water Humour Humorous Afternoon Dirt Comic Book Cartoonist Calvin And Hobbes Friendship Funny Kid

Author:Bill Watterson

“To run this business ... you need ... optimism, humanism, enthusiasm, intuition, curiosity, love, humour, magic and fun, and that secret ingredient-euph oria.”

Needs Running Fun Secret Magic Humour Optimism Curiosity Humanism Intuition Enthusiasm Ingredients

Author:Anita Roddick

“What I find interesting is how close you can run the laughter along the seam of seriousness, and occasionally cross it, so that half the house genuinely doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. Custard pie humour is fairly universal, but at the other end, which I'm more interested in, there's the humour that hovers on the darkness, that walks in the shadow of something else, not always that obvious.”

Knows Ends Running House Walks Interesting Half Darkness Laughing Cry Humour Laughter Shadow Crosses Universal Obvious Crafts Pie Seriousness Custard

Author:Alan Ayckbourn