#humor

You cannot make things foolproof because fools are so ingenious ↗

— G. Cox

#humor

I was seducing shepherdesses when you weren't a twinkle in your great-grandcestor's eyes. I think I know what I'm doing. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #humor #women #humor

No, you're wrong. I'm a hundred percent callow and deeply shallow. ↗

— Stephen Schwartz

#musical #wicked #humor

Should I pull on a shirt?" he asked with hint of amusement. I WILL NOT BLUSH. "No." He'd be doing the world a favor if he never wore a shirt again, but I wasn't going to tell him that part. "You're fine. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#sarcasm #humor

When you stick a song on a tape, you set it free. ↗

— Rob Sheffield

#music #humor

Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much. Scientific potatoes rule. Had I stumbled on the lair of dangerous plant geneticists? ↗

— Ben Aaronovitch

#latin #humor

We assured Phelan that we were more than happy to let him have you and your menagerie,” Leo retorted. “After that, he said he needed to think.” “About what?” Beatrix demanded. “What is there to think about? Why is it taking him so long to make a decision?” “He’s a man, dear,” Amelia explained kindly. “Sustained thinking is very difficult for them. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#humor #men #thinking #humor

I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#wit #writing #humor

Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippie, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terrible bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#humor

As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#humor