#humorist

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#again #alive #another #back #brings

Is a picture really worth a thousand words? What thousand words? A thousand words from a lunatic, or a thousand words from Nietzsche? Actually, Nietzsche was a lunatic, but you see my point. What about a thousand words from a rambler vs. 500 words from Mark Twain? He could say the same thing quicker and with more force than almost any other writer. One thousand words from Ginsberg are not even worth one from Wilde. It’s wild to declare the equivalency of any picture with any army of 1,000 words. Words from a writer like Wordsworth make you appreciate what words are worth. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#genius #humor #humorist #maxism #nietzsche

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#much #really

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#answers #any #because #delve #essentially

I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working. ↗

— Peter Sellers

#classic example #example #funny #humorists #i

If you're too serious to make life a laughing matter, then you seriously need to make laughter matter to you today and every day! ↗

— Jeannine M. Luby

#inspirational-attitude #wellness #attitude

Today I feel like I did tomorrow. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#comedy-humor #humor #humorist #humorous #humorous-quotes

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#bad-reviews #book #humorist #wit #bad

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#american #cookery #his #humorist #intellectual

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. ↗

— James Thurber

#doing #everywhere #fun #himself #humorist