@Mictorrani 6 August 2020

With a Touch of Humour - More Quotes

*My posts with proverbs and quotes were so well received so I decided to make another selection of quotes here. This time we will look at some with a humoristic touch. It doesn't make them less serious or their message less relevant - nothing is as deadly serious as humour; it can make us realise a truth we would otherwise deny or simply not notice.* Hesiod, active some time 750-650 BC, was a ancient Greek poet, approximately contemporary with Homer. *"Bacteria: The only culture some people have."* (Attributed to Hesiod about 700 BC. Probably incorrect, they didn't know about bacteria at that time.) Alfred E. Newman is a fictitious cover boy of "Mad", a humour magazine. *"We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavours and furniture polish is made from real lemons."* (Alfred E. Newman) Kelvin Throop III is another fictitious character. He was created by R.A.J. Phillips in 1964 and appeared in many short stories in a magazine named "*Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact".* *"Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"* (Kelvin Throop III) *“Eat your spinach and you'll grow up big and strong like Popeye. You'll also end up with a girlfriend that looks like Olive Oyl.”* (Anonymous) *“Tact: to make your guests feel at home, while you wish they were.”* (Anonymous) Paul Merton is an English writer, comedian, and presenter in radio and television. *"I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your dentist is?"* (Paul Merton) Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, a great Russian author and playwright. *"Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too."* (Anton Chekhov) Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, was an English author, best known for his fantasy novels with a humoristic touch. *"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out till too late that he's been playing with two queens all along."* (Terry Pratchett) Anatole France, 1844-1924, French author and Nobel prize winner in literature in 1921 *"People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them."* (Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard) *"Everybody should believe in something. I believe I'll have another coffee."* (Unknown) Related articles: *"**Make a Distinction Between Quotes & Proverbs, and Attribute Properly!**"*, *"**Proverbs - Some Favourites**"* and *"**Some Favourite Quotes**".* https://read.cash/@Mictorrani/make-a-distinction-between-quotes-proverbs-and-attribute-properly-3d60ac3c https://read.cash/@Mictorrani/proverbs-some-favourites-011ede10 https://read.cash/@Mictorrani/some-favourite-quotes-74e09ee3 Copyright © 2020 Meleonymica/Mictorrani. All Rights Reserved. (If you liked this, please consider leaving a tip, either here or via **CoinTr.ee**) https://cointr.ee/mictorrani If you are interested in words and expressions, join my community *The Power of Words (4be2)*. https://read.cash/c/the-power-of-words-4be2 You find all my writings on Read.Cash, sorted by topic, *here*. https://read.cash/@Mictorrani/my-available-writings-at-readcash-8faf12d8