"People don't like to be lectured to, but if you can make them laugh, their defenses come down, and for the time being they've accepted whatever truth is embedded in your humor."

-- Paul Krassner

#Humor Quotes #Laughing Quotes #People Quotes

“So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.”

Source : "The Promise of American Higher Education" by E. Gordon Gee, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2012.
“I take the ball, I go wide, I cross, I shoot, but when the moment beckons, I am ready to make the difference.”
“I try to be a good guy and I fall short sometimes, but I use Christ as an example.”
“There is really one city for everyone just as there is one major love.”

Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books
“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?”
“Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him”

Source : "Briefwechsel, vol. VI". Book by Arthur Henkel, 1955-1975.
“A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.”
“I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles.”

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