Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.

Quote by Christopher Morley

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In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not...

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not...

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with...

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with...

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.