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A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener.

A sense of humour and a little lack of respect: That's what you need to make a legend survive.

At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour.

A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.

But alas! Like many another consummation devoutly to be wished, the actual performance was a disappointing one.

As soon as I got funny, I killed any majestic intentions in my work.

Cynicism is the humour of hatred

DIAPHRAGM, n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels.

Campo, as everyone in chess recognized, had a 2600 rating as a politician.

DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.

Even with the darkest and most distressing subjects in movies there's always going to be humour not far away, just under the surface. And it does help otherwise we'd just get ourselves into a massive trough of depression if there wasn't humour just around the corner.

By pagans the Jews (and later Christians) were seen as perverse, almost indeed as atheists, for they denied the very existence of other gods.

Having a sense of humour is really key. You have to have a sense of humour with these things and I've just tried to remain who I am. My life has changed. It's changed in the fact that I don't have the freedoms I did before, but I've also got a huge amount of other freedoms that came along with it.

everybody fancies they have that rare thing, a sense of humour.

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it.

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.

Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity.

HELPED are those who laugh with a pure heart; theirs will be the company of the jolly righteous.

Human humour often consists of pretending to wish something does not really wish.

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

Humour is God's special gift to humanity. Handy, because it turns out to be necessary.

Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and unconsciously; wit is the pointing out and ridiculing that absurdity consciously, and with more or less ill-nature.

Humour is the best way to make the unbearable bearable.

I definitely try to mix humour into anything I do, even if it is into a drama.

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you open to my ideas

If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.

I am in fear, there is no humour left in public life because of this fear.

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!

I guess a lot of police keep their sanity by developing black humour.

I hope that the kind reader recognises this as a despairing attempt at humour.

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.

I love a girl with a good sense of humour, who is confident but who has a sweetness to her - that melts my heart.

I have a humorous side but these days humour can be a risky thing.

I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.

I love Andre 3000 from OutKast. I think we'd complement each other, but I'm hoping he's got a good sense of humour.

I'm a big fan of shock value humour and I find myself being most comfortable when I make other people uncomfortable. Is that sick of me? I really like it.

I love inappropriate humour. What else are you going to do? You have to laugh.

Inevitably you're going to be delayed somewhere. Always have a book. Always have a movie. Always have a notebook. And then always have a sense of humour.

In one sense, you put a lot of yourself into a small press - it's your personal tastes that are on the line - so when criticism is levelled it can feel personal. But, on the other hand, it can be very welcome and necessary. You're never entirely impervious, and one of the main benefits of being a small operation is that you can change the way you do things quickly in response to criticism. In all instances it pays to have a sense of humour and perspective.

It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

I've always been an optimist and I believe laughter is a wonderful thing

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.

My opponent is Short and the match will be short.

Laughter is more serious than tears.

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.

Nowadays tournaments are for nurseries. Look at those kiddies.