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“Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed.”

Ifs Writing Bigs Funny Literature Novel Fate Serious Battle Awards Doomed Award Winning Winning Awards

Author:Neil Gaiman

“A poor creature who has said or done nothing worth a serious man taking the trouble of remembering.”

Men Said Done Funny Remember Poor Trouble Serious Creatures Serious Man

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“If a man prepares dinner for you and the salad contains three or more types of lettuce, he is serious.”

Ifs Men Humor Funny Three Serious Type Dinner Salad Lettuce

Author:Rita Rudner

“I knew nothing about farce until I read Puce a l'Oreille, and had no idea what a deadly serious business it is.”

Ideas Humor Funny Serious No Idea Farce Serious Business

Book:CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE

Source: CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE

“Working with Chaplin was very amusing and strange. His films are so funny, but working with him, I found him to be a very serious man. Whereas the films of Hitchcock are macabre, he could be a very funny man to work with, always telling jokes and holding court. Of course, when I worked with Charlie he was getting older.”

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Author:Tippi Hedren

“A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I had to amputate your arms"”

Knows Men Feels I Can Humor Funny Serious Arms Doctors Rounds Legs Accidents Hospitals

Author:Tommy Cooper

“We just found out my little brother has a peanut allergy, which is very serious I know. But still I feel like my parents are totally overreacting - they caught me eating a tiny little bag of airline peanuts and they kicked me out of his funeral.”

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Author:Anthony Jeselnik

“Two Drink Mike enjoys dancing and knows a magic trick. Whereas, No Drink Mike enjoys biographies, and has serious opinions on wildlife. And Five Drink Mike... dances with wildlife.”

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Author:Mike Birbiglia

“The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.”

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Author:A. P. Herbert

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”

Source: In the Spotlight: Personal Experiences of Elbert Hubbard on the American Stage

“It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.”

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Author:Pope John XXIII