"Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere."

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Source : Raymond M. Smullyan, Jason Rosenhouse (2014). “Four Lives: A Celebration of Raymond Smullyan”, p.273, Courier Corporation

Raymond Smullyan

#Atmosphere Quotes #Serious Quotes #Rational Quotes

“I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued.”

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“We should not think of poverty eradication as a matter of collecting money and giving it to the poor so much as of reforming the global rules that are disadvantaging the poor and making it impossible for them to fend for themselves.”

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“When the people you've already worked with are very talented and you know what they can do, if you think of a character that happens to be perfect for them, then you make it happen.”
“Most of the time when "universal" is used, it's just a euphamism for "white"; white themes, white significance, white culture.”
“The Lord is my peace. I shall not live in anxiety. He puts me under His wing of comfort and calms my spirit within me. He takes all my anxieties on Himself and helps me to focus on Him. Yes, though I walk through a time of grave uncertainties and fierce anxieties, I will not fret - for You are my peace. Your Word and Your presence calm me now. You hold my uncertainties in the palm of Your hand. You soothe my anxious mind - You smooth my wrinkled brow. Surely serenity and trust in You shall fill me all the days of my life. And I shall keep my mind stayed on You forever.”
“Sometimes fate brings two people together by causing one to misinterpret a smile.”
“Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.”
“I always say that love is like the meat in a pie,â€ Freddy put in. â€œThe crust is what people seeâ€”the practical things that hold a couple together. But love is the important partâ€”without it youâ€™ve got a meatless pie, and whatâ€™s the point of that?â€ â€œWhy, Freddy,â€ Minerva said, â€œthat was almost profound.”

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