It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.

Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

Topics: Laughter Quotes

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human...

This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human...

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate...

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate...

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.