#um

He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#insanity #war #humor

Interviewer: Have you ever considered writing nonfiction? Mary Doria Russell: Oh, honey, I did! Let's see...There was "A Reconsideration of the Evidence for Cannibalism at the Krapina Neandertal Site." That was a big hit. And who could ever forget "Cutmarks on the Engis II Calvarium"? Then there was "Browridge Development as a Function of Bending Stress in the Supraorbital Region." I got tons of reprint requests for that one. Trust me fiction is better. ↗

— Mary Doria Russell

#humor #interviews #science #humor

I think they're very attractive,' Abe agreed. 'I just don't think they're attractive, that's all. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#contradiction #humor #humor

Grace said,"Dr. Wexler was called away on an emergency operation." "An emergency Packers game in Green Bay," Turtle confided to Flora Baumbach. ↗

— Ellen Raskin

#humor

What are emotions exactly?' Lutta asked. 'Silly feelings that get in the way of actions. ↗

— Kathryn Lasky

#humor

Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. ↗

— Cecil B. DeMille

#humor #libraries #humor

He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the dinner-gong due any moment. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#forgetfulness #humor #poison #unhappiness #humor

That wouldn't fit my right testicle ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#humor

Starke, release me or I’ll kick you in the balls.” And that would hurt, given the current rock-hard state of that area. ↗

— Keri Arthur

#humor #humor

The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match. ↗

— Will Rogers

#humor