Quote by Mark Twain
The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow there is no humor

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow there is no humor in Heaven. – Mark Twain

Other quotes by Mark Twain

In my age, as in my youth, night brings me many a deep remorse. I realize that from the cradle up I have been like the rest of the race — never quite sane in the night. – Mark Twain

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Night
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In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. – Mark Twain

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Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Negative humor is forgotten immediately. Its the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter childrens books. – Berkeley Breathed

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I think Im too cynical for L.A. My sense of humor doesnt go down well here, which probably affects my love life. I need to have a laugh track following me around so people know Im trying to be funny. – Teddy Thompson

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Humor

I think my sense of humor is Jewish. Im smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too. – Jim Goad

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Humor

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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesnt go away. – Philip K. Dick

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Everything ideological possesses meaning: it represents, depicts, or stands for something lying outside itself. In other words, it is a sign. Without signs there is no ideology. – V. N. Volosinov

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In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than theres available… in America right now. – Merle Haggard

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You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your own neighborhood, and even your own nation. – Johnnetta Cole

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