#humor

.. a simile is not a lie, unless it is a bad simile. ↗

— Mark Haddon (Author)

#rhetoric #simile #humor

Bertrand Russell declared that, in case he met God, he would say to Him, "Sir, you did not give us enough information." I would add to that, "All the same, Sir, I'm not persuaded that we did the best we could with the information we had. Toward the end there, anyway, we had tons of information. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#freethinker #humor #skeptic #humor

Gerald's look assured her that he and the others would be as near angels as children could be without ceasing to be human. ↗

— E. Nesbit

#humor #phonies #humor

I'm married. And pregnant. ↗

— Edan Lepucki

#impromptu-humor #marriage #what-the-hell #humor

You know, he doesn't have to be the only one bopped in the noggin when noggin-boppin' time rolls around. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#warning #humor

The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United States of America. ↗

— Stendhal

#humor #mob-mentality #peer-pressure #humor

I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards. ↗

— Garth Marenghi

#writing #humor

Nothing can unman you like an un-man. ↗

— Chuck Hogan

#strain #unman #humor

It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down and spreads to your hips. ↗

— Fred Allen

#humor #humor

Kagura: It’s the same as always. He doesn’t pursue those who leave, and ignores those who come. ↗

— Hideaki Sorachi

#manga #humor