"Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to."

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Source : George Saunders (2012). “The Brain-Dead Megaphone”, p.80, A&C Black

George Saunders

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“My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.”

Source : 1942 The Skin of Our Teeth, act 1.
“I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I was urged to buy one.”
“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.”
“It was one of those happy days that God grants us sometimes on earth to give us an idea of the bliss of heaven.”

Source : Johann David Wyss, Isabelle de Montolieu (1871). “The Swiss Family Robinson: Or, Adventures in a Desert Island. Six Coloured Engravings on Steel”, p.246
“What is comfortable fashion? To be comfortable, that can't be in the vocabulary of fashion. If you want to be comfortable, stay home in your pajamas.”

Source : Interview with Nicki Minaj, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 28, 2011.
“How can anyone be interested in war? - that glorious pursuit of annihilation with its ceremonious bellowings and trumpetings over the mangling of human bones and muscles and organs and eyes, its inconceivable agonies which could have been prevented by a few well-chosen, reasonable words. How, why, did this unnecessary business begin? Why does anyone want to read about it - this redundant human madness which men accept as inevitable?”

Source : "The Strange Necessity" by Margaret Caroline Anderson, (part 1), 1969.
“I don't need to worry about identity theft because no one wants to be me.”
“But the Bible speaks against it, and because the Bible speaks against it, we allow rampant sin including homosexuality and lying, and to me lying is just as b ad as homosexuality, and we've allowed this sin to run rampant in our nation.”

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