"The raillery which is consistent with good-breeding is a gentle animadversion of some foible, which, while it raises the laugh in the rest of the company, doth not put the person rallied out of countenance, or expose him to shame or contempt. On the contrary, the jest should be so delicate that the object of it should be capable of joining in the mirth it occasions."

-- Henry Fielding

#Laughing Quotes #Joining Quotes #Mirth Quotes

“In almost any change there is 20 - 60 - 20. 20% are doing the change and we need to stay out of their way. 20% will never get there (a large percent still go into banks to see tellers vs. ATMs). 60% are in the middle. I think you will always find some companies where the head of HR is not a member of senior management team (bottom 20% and some companies where she or he has always been (top 20%).”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.”
“When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.”
“It seems that just Being, the sheer fact of existence, that there is something rather than nothing, already inspires a wonder akin to religion. But - as in my comment about the Kingdom of God in the last answer - Jewish and Christian traditions are also prepared to challenge what 'is' for the sake of what could be.”
“Jazz changes and all. But I don't know the names of what it is I'm doing.”
“Organizations are, in the last analysis, interactions among people.”
“I grew up going to church three times a week in my family. It's been a center of my life.”
“I'm one of those people who sort of feeds on music.”

Source : Interview with William Bowers, pitchfork.com. December 13, 2002.

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