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“Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.. It is only fair to admit that he can exaggerate, but even his exaggeration has a rational basis. It is not founded on wit or fancy; it does not spring from any poetic imagination.”

Doe Imagination Serious Creatures Spring Humorous Fairs Bases Males Wit Rational Fancy Poetic Exaggeration Abnormal

Author:Oscar Wilde

“Any play that makes an audience think out of the box, that makes connections to life and names our pain and by doing so makes our pain subject to thinking and the process of understanding, is doing something inherently political. By promoting understanding, by putting experience in context, by making connections between the normal and the rational, theatre is an act of anti-terrorism. It stimulates courage and a survival spirit. In that sense of political, there are a lot of serious plays doing their work in the world.”

Thinking World Play Pain Political Spirit Names Process Understanding Audience Subjects Serious Normal Survival Connections Boxes Terrorism Theatre Rational Promoting Anti Terrorism

Author:John Lahr

“Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.”

Serious Rational Atmosphere

Book:Four Lives: A Celebration of Raymond Smullyan

Source: Four Lives: A Celebration of Raymond Smullyan

“The belief that value judgments are not subject, in the last analysis, to rational control, encourages the inclination to make irresponsible assertions regarding right and wrong or good and bad. One evades discussion of serious issues by the simple device of passing them off as value problems, whereas, to say the least, many of these conflicts arose out of man's very agreement regarding values.”

Source: What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies

“Serious rational criticism is so rare that it should be encouraged. Being too ready to defend oneself is more dangerous than being too ready to admit a mistake.”

Should Mistake Dangerous Serious Ready Internet Criticism Oneself Rational Free Speech Be Encouraged

Author:Karl Popper

“In the States, the movement's actually gotten much much much stronger. There really was no climate movement so to speak before that - I think because everybody assumed that reasonable heads would prevail and do the right thing - and why would you need to have a huge movement in order to cause our leaders to deal with the most serious problem that they face. In a rational world you wouldn't. They would deal with it.”

Thinking World Needs States Problem Faces Order Speak Causes Deals Leader Movement Serious Huge Stronger Climate Rational Right Thing Reasonable

Author:Bill McKibben