Logo
Quote by William Collins
Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they dont call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing. – William Collins

Other quotes by William Collins

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the readers defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more. – William Collins

Category:
Humor
Author
William Collins
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Humor
category

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs. – Christopher Morley

Category:
Humor

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions… the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. – Colin Firth

Category:
Humor

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble. – Sinclair Lewis

Category:
Humor

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile. – J. B. Priestley

Category:
Humor

Random Quotes

Marriage is not about age its about finding the right person. – Sophia Bush

Category:
Age

Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything. – X. Doudan

Category:
Individuality

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – theres so little competition. – Elbert Hubbard

Category:
motivational

Its awesome to see something like Inception, which is just mind-blowing and amazing, and it actually resonates with the audiences. I feel like thats rare. – Danny McBride

Category:
amazing