It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them. Edward de Bono Read Quote
Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they’re saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. Harry Mathews Read Quote
My background is in musical comedy. I didn’t know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff. Christopher Walken Read Quote
Hell, if I’d jumped on all the dames I’m supposed to have jumped on, I’d have had no time to go fishing. Clark Gable Read Quote
The Haunted Man’ is about communication barriers between men and women, and in that song it’s a woman’s wait for her husband to come back from war. The vision for me was of a group of men and women on the opposite sides of two cliffs, trying to move or sing to each other and communicate, but they’re kind of misfiring. Bat for Lashes Read Quote
I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats – I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success. Larry Fitzgerald Read Quote
I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil rights legislation was passed at his insistence. JFK showed what you could do, though he was a deeply flawed person, as we all now know. Jed S. Rakoff Read Quote
To me, it’s that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy. Goldie Hawn Read Quote
