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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. – James Thurber

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Comedy has to be done en clair. You cant blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. – James Thurber

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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. – James Thurber

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Haste, Hurry
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Other Quotes from
Humor
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The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons. – David Sedaris

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Humor

Well, its a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader… But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better. – Garry Trudeau

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Humor

Dali had a good sense of humor – obviously you could tell just looking at him he was funny. – Joe Grant

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Humor

I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but its never at the expense of the other guy. – Bob Uecker

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Humor

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To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar. – George Eliot

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History

The best contraceptive is a glass of cold water: not before or after, but instead. – Author Unknown

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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword. – Samuel Johnson

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