#humorist

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#much #really

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#answers #any #because #delve #essentially

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. ↗

— James Thurber

#doing #everywhere #fun #himself #humorist

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#called #controversial #humorists #issue #people

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you. ↗

— Will Rogers

#easy #got #government #humorist #whole

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. ↗

— Will Rogers

#government #humorist #trick #whole #working

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it. ↗

— Don Herold

#about #bad #feels #good #humorist

Knowledge may be power, but half of what I know I wish I could forget. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#comical #humor #humorist #humorous #philisophical

Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#literary #never #seriously #start #suicide

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#again #alive #another #back #brings