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

Quote by Peter De Vries

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Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I used to always sneak food into class to eat when I got bored...Well, not...

I used to always sneak food into class to eat when I got bored...Well, not...

Being bored at your own house is so much worse than being bored at somebody...

Being bored at your own house is so much worse than being bored at somebody...

Don't talk to me because you're bored, I'm not here to entertain you. Don't come...

Don't talk to me because you're bored, I'm not here to entertain you. Don't come...