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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Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. – Lin Yutang

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Hope
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Other Quotes from
Humor
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I think Ive learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart – and I think a healthy sense of humor doesnt hurt either. – Dorothea Benton Frank

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Humor

Im going to do a lot of weird stuff thats not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think its time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff. – Andy Milonakis

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Humor

Back in 2004, Kellie Overbey handed me her play Girl Talk to read. I fell in love with her brutally delicious humor and the fearlessly deft way in which she drew her characters. They jumped off the page and begged me to give them a space in which to stomp around. – Carrie Preston

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Humor

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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Humor

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My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. Weve all been through so much together. – Shaun White

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Family

I dont think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time. – Ben Stiller

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funny

What culture lacks is the taste for anonymous, innumerable germination. Culture is smitten with counting and measuring; it feels out of place and uncomfortable with the innumerable; its efforts tend, on the contrary, to limit the numbers in all domains; it tries to count on its fingers. – Jean Dubuffet

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Culture

The beauty of having short hair is that I actually can wash and style it at home! – Meagan Good

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Beauty