#come

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? ↗

— Paul Merton

#being #comedy #fascinated #funny #i

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. ↗

— James Merrill

#astonishing #become #external #five #his

In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it. ↗

— Paul Merton

#comedy #contemporary #fact #fear #i

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. ↗

— Paul Merton

#books #comedy #generations #history #humour

But in practice, if often comes down to not suffering a loss as big as the huge gain you made a while ago. ↗

— Merton Miller

#big #comes #down #gain #huge

If there's something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality. ↗

— Penelope Ann Miller

#decent #equal #going #higher #higher quality

I never had any desire to become a well-known actress. ↗

— Rebecca Miller

#any #become #desire #had #i

Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs? ↗

— Spike Milligan

#going #i #quietly #use #you

The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#any #comes #company #continental #corporation

Eighty per cent of global warming comes from livestock and deforestation. ↗

— Heather Mills

#comes #eighty #global #global warming #livestock