Quotes about comedy
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Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863The Virginians (1857-1859), Ch. 38.
Dorothy Parker1893–1967On her abortion, as quoted in You Might as well Live by John Keats (1970)- Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
Will Rogers1879–1935As quoted in P. J. O’Brien, Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom (1935), Ch. 9Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
W. C. Fields1880–1946You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939)The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.
Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881The Young Duke (1831), Book II, Chapter 5.The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh1921–2021About to disembark on state visit to Brazil (November 1968), as quoted in Andrew Duncan The Reality of Monarchy (1970).The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.
Laurence J. Peter1919–1990Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), p. 181Daniel Webster struck me much like a steam-engine in trousers.
Sydney Smith1771–1845Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 9, p. 317Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Mae West1893–1980Sextette (1978)If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
Rita Mae Brownborn 1944Sudden Death (1983)Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)