Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isnt. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. – Horace Walpole
I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if ones tongue dont move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule. – Horace Walpole
Letters to absence can a voice impart,
And lend a tongue when distance gags the heart. – Horace Walpole
The world is a tradgedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. – Horace Walpole
One of my favorite things about Star Trek wasnt just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality. – J. J. Abrams