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Humor Quotes - Page 106

There seems to me to be absolutely no limit to the inanity and credulity of the human race. Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus!

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)”, p.1779, Delphi Classics

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

Ambrose Bierce (1968). “The Ambrose Bierce satanic reader: selections from the invective journalism of the great satirist”

How fatally the entire want of humor cripples the mind.

Alice James (1934). “Her Brothers Her Journal”

A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.

Abraham Lincoln, Archer Hayes Shaw (1980). “The Lincoln encyclopedia: the spoken and written words of A. Lincoln arranged for ready reference”, Greenwood Pub Group

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.

A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics

How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?

Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.

"Standup Comic". CD compilation of Woody Allen's comedy routines from 1964-1968, 1999.