What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh! – Agnes Repplier
People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. – Agnes Repplier
It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating little friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more. – Agnes Repplier
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. – Agnes Repplier
In my fifty years of experience and memory, I have seen the most amazing increase in the standard of living of a people ever achieved anywhere in the world. This is why I am so sure that our system of free competition and industrial development is sound and must be preserved. – Charles E. Wilson