Quotes about comedy
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Ah! that must be Aunt Augusta. Only relatives, or creditors, ever ring in that Wagnerian manner.
Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Third Act, spoken by Lady BracknellIn context- Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Third Act, spoken by GwendolenIn context
I’ve now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.
Cocaine is God’s way of telling someone that they’re too rich.
I wonder what chairs think about all day: “Oh, here comes another asshole.”
Robin Williams1951–2014Reality…What a Concept (1979)
P. G. Wodehouse1881–1975Summer Moonshine (1938)I’d always thought her half-baked, but now I think they didn’t even put her in the oven.
P. G. Wodehouse1881–1975Jeeves in the Offing (1960)- P. G. Wodehouse1881–1975The Girl in Blue (1970)
Gene Wolfe1931–2019Guest of Honor speech at Aussiecon Two (August 1985), as published in Castle of Days (1992)Last night I was playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
