Quotes about comedy
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Pierre Trudeau1919–2000When told that President Richard Nixon had called him an “asshole” (1971), as quoted in Absurdities, Scandals & Stupidities in Politics (2006)
Harry S. Truman1884–1972Address at the National Convention Banquet of the Americans for Democratic Action (May 17, 1952)I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
The problem is not that we have too many fools, it’s that the lightning isn’t distributed right.
Suppose you were an idiot…and suppose you were a member of Congress…but I repeat myself.
Mark Twain1835–1910Draft manuscript (c.1881), quoted by Albert Bigelow Paine in Mark Twain: A Biography (1912), p. 724- Mark Twain1835–1910Following the Equator (1897), Ch. 59.
- Mark Twain1835–1910A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889), Ch. 22
- Mark Twain1835–1910“Taming the Bicycle” (1917)
One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.
Mark Twain1835–1910New England Weather, speech to the New England Society (December 22, 1876)Only one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
Mark Twain1835–1910Mark Twain’s Notebook (1935), p. 381Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
Mark Twain1835–1910“A Mysterious Visit”, Buffalo Express, 19 March 1870. Anthologized in Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old (1875)H’aint we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?
They spell it “Vinci” and pronounce it “Vinchy”. Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.
Mark Twain1835–1910The Innocents Abroad (1869), Ch. 19