"What people really want is not to make something funny, but to make something amusing - which, in many ways, is the opposite of funny. To amuse someone is to eliminate discomfort and awkwardness, kind of like a massage for the brain, while to be funny is to point out awkwardness and discomfort. Everyone thinks they want funny, but they really want amusement."

-- Christian Finnegan

#Thinking Quotes #Opposites Quotes #People Quotes

“Sometimes I just stand on the beach and look at the water, and Cuba feels so close it's unbelievable.”
“I am not capitulating.”
“We are all born to dieâ€”the difference is the intensity with which we choose to live.”
“If you set yourself to it, you can live the same life, rich or poor. You can keep on with your books and your ideas. You just got to say to yourself, "I'm a free man in here" - he tapped his forehead - "and you're all right.”
“Itâ€™s like irresistible poison: Iâ€™m mesmerized by the way itâ€™s making me feel though it has the potential to crush my soul and I drink it down anyway.”
“The bold adventurer succeeds the best.”
“We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable.”

Source : Sir Roger Bannister (2011). “The First Four Minutes”, p.142, The History Press
“The hand that follows intellect can achieve.”

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