Humour Quotes - Page 4
Where I cannot satisfy my reason, I love to humour my fancy.
Sir Thomas Browne (1852). “The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Pseudodoxia epidemica, books V-VII. Religio medici. The garden of Cyprus”, p.333
Humour is human. Why? Well, because the Philosopher, Aristotle, says so.
Simon Critchley (2011). “On Humour”, p.34, Routledge
Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.127, Oxford University Press on Demand
I hope that the kind reader recognises this as a despairing attempt at humour.
Nancy Springer (2009). “The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline: An Enola Holmes Mystery”, p.44, Penguin
Michka Assayas (2006). “Bono”, p.108, Penguin
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (2009). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”, p.31, A&C Black
Horace Walpole (1866). “The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford”, p.67
Fred Reinfeld (2012). “The Immortal Games of Capablanca”, p.10, Courier Corporation
Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
Edward De Bono (1991). “I Am Right, You are Wrong: From this to the New Renaissance : from Rock Logic to Water Logic”, Penguin Group USA