#hum

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#back #could #create #distance #humour

Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or mystical, the things which remain mysterious or unexplained have always drawn me to include them in any scheme for a novel. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#any #beings #drawn #fraction #human

With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#drive #humor #ideal #reader #subjective

Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#generate #humor #impossible #irony #little

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#equal #hours #human #only #six

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#brought #closeness #grievous #him #hope

The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#blind #consciousness #forces #himself #historic

The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, objective laws would naturally guide society to achieve the best allocation of wealth. ↗

— Robert Trout

#allocation #any #argued #avoiding #best

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is NOT for you. (BUMPER STICKER) ↗

— Darynda Jones

#humor