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Quote by Lin Yutang
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change th

This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. – Lin Yutang

Other quotes by Lin Yutang

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice. – Lin Yutang

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Peace
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Lin Yutang
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I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking. – Lin Yutang

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Clothing
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Lin Yutang
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Other Quotes from
Humor
category

Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. Its unbridled, its unplanned, its full of suprises. – Erma Bombeck

Category:
Humor

Being a Hot Mom means being respected as a mom and a woman. And, the key to being a Hot Mom is having a sense of humor about yourself and all the crazy situations that arise. – Jami Gertz

Category:
Humor

Its self-effacing, its hard-luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor. – Jerry Leiber

Category:
Humor

My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony. – Maurice Sendak

Category:
Humor

Random Quotes

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. – Mark Twain, letter to Edward Dimmit, 1901 July 19th

Category:
Age

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence – beginning with ones own. – Henry Adams

Category:
Intelligence

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. – Andrew Weil

Category:
Fear

I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didnt try to run their lives. – John Wooden

Category:
good