#hum

He put his hand on his forehead and scoured the French department of his memory for a word. He knew it was in there. He'd put it in almost fifty years before and hadn't had cause to remove it. But for the life of him he couldn't find it. ↗

— Colin Cotterill

#getting-older #humor #memory #age

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color. ↗

— Malcolm X

#believe #color #human #human beings #i

The problem here is with a human being, not with a monster, not with an animal. The human being does things that even the monster does not do, because the human is more sophisticated. ↗

— Peter Malkin

#because #being #does #even #here

A brick can be used as a nickname for people who are slow, both physically and intellectually.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

No wonder I worried about talking dirty; talking in general seemed to escape me. ↗

— Jordan Castillo Price

#humor #victor #humor

It isn't often that Aunt Dahlia lets her angry passions rise, but when she does, strong men climb trees and pull them up after them. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#fearsomeness #fury #humor #anger

And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has never seen before. This was an inspiring body of literature to read. ↗

— Albert Maltz

#body #fact #freedom #himself #humankind

We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#humility

I blew the love trumpet until my cheeks were blue. Then I paid 34 bucks for a taxicab ride home so I could admire my receding hairline in the mirror. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #love #surreal #trumpet

Good grief. They're like the freaking poster family for the NRA. ↗

— Elisabeth Wheatley

#family