Quotes about comedy
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John Maynard Keynes1883–1946The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919), Ch. III- John Maynard Keynes1883–1946Keynes Papers, as quoted in Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes, Vol. 2 (1992), p. 232
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Nikita Khrushchev1894–1971Comment on the construction of a bridge in Belgrade (22 August 1963), quoted in Chicago Tribune (22 August 1963) “Khrushchev Needles Peking”
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Interview in Playboy (January 1965)I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.
Donald Knuthborn 1938Digital Typography, ch. 33, p. 649 (1999)Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
Donald Knuthborn 1938Closing line of a memo, “Notes on the van Emde Boas construction of priority deques: An instructive use of recursion” (1977)
Ed Koch1924–2013Interview (“What Makes a New Yorker”), New York: A Documentary Film, directed by Ric Burns, released in a series of episodes from 1999 to 2003
Milan Kundera1929–2023The Joke (1967), Pt. 3, ch. 3Little men in lofty places, who throw long shadows, because our sun is setting.
Walter Savage Landor1775–1864Imaginary Conversations (1824-1829), “Andrew Marvel and Bishop Parker”
Anton LaVey1930–1997The Nine Satanic Sins (1987)
D. H. Lawrence1885–1930Pansies (1929)I don’t take criticisms personally, which must be very annoying for people who mean them personally.
Nigella Lawsonborn 1960“A woman of extremes” (2001)All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
Fran Lebowitzborn 1950“Manners” (p. 6).
