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[Very] sad news today of Deon Estus’ death. A lavishly gifted bass guitarist, a charismatic impish character a rock of the WHAM! rhythm section, he lives large in the memory, he radiated warmth, humour life’s illuminating light, my heartfelt commiserations go out to his family. – Michael Putland/Getty Images	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Whilst this damage may have been perpetrated for humour or some other reason, the actions that have been taken are unacceptable, the Long Man of Wilmington is protected by law as a Scheduled Ancient Monument for its historical significance. – Tom Carter	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Rest in peace Cloris Leachman you will always inhabit my sense of humour, thank you. – Musician Peter Framptonalso	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It's cool content, it's easy to produce, it's full of humour and it helps to distract you when you look at those works. – Katerina Brudnaya-Chelyadinova	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Guys, I was joking, of course... i said Rafa had a back injury from the pressure of playing on the PS4. We might need some sense of humour please! – Feliciano Lopez	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
It felt very modern, it also speaks of these sort of contemporary issues and I just want to get that life and that humour and approach it maybe as if there were no rules as to how you make a costume drama. – Armando Iannucci	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We definitely do not have an aim such as attacking the mine, (what we are doing now) is civilian resistance, we thought the Canadian company might have a sense of humour so we played the guitar yesterday and took balloons to them with our kids. – Burak Ciftci	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Life is a journey of sweetness and sorrow, of yesterday's memories and hopes for tomorrow, of pathways we choose and detours we face with patience and humour, courage and grace, of joys that we've shared and of people we've met who touched us in ways we will never forget. – American Greetings Card	added by anonymous 5 years ago
You can't do humour by insulting the faith of the people, Penguen. You should realise this. – Ibrahim Yoruk	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In conversation humour is more than wit, easiness, more than knowledge; few desire to learn, or to think they need it; all desire to be pleased, or, if not, to be easy. – Sir W Temple	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss. – Montaigne	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humour left. – Chuck Palahniuk	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Only a novel"... in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language. – Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Prudent people are very happy 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think. – Mary Wortley Montagu	added by anonymous 14 years ago
At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted. – Eric Idle	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Humour is a cog in the machine we call love. – Aaron J. Munzer	added by anonymous 14 years ago

[Very] sad news today of Deon Estus’ death. A lavishly gifted bass guitarist, a charismatic impish character a rock of the WHAM! rhythm section, he lives large in the memory, he radiated warmth, humour life’s illuminating light, my heartfelt commiserations go out to his family.

– Michael Putland/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Whilst this damage may have been perpetrated for humour or some other reason, the actions that have been taken are unacceptable, the Long Man of Wilmington is protected by law as a Scheduled Ancient Monument for its historical significance.

– Tom Carter

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Rest in peace Cloris Leachman you will always inhabit my sense of humour, thank you.

– Musician Peter Framptonalso

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It's cool content, it's easy to produce, it's full of humour and it helps to distract you when you look at those works.

– Katerina Brudnaya-Chelyadinova

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Guys, I was joking, of course... i said Rafa had a back injury from the pressure of playing on the PS4. We might need some sense of humour please!

– Feliciano Lopez

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It felt very modern, it also speaks of these sort of contemporary issues and I just want to get that life and that humour and approach it maybe as if there were no rules as to how you make a costume drama.

– Armando Iannucci

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We definitely do not have an aim such as attacking the mine, (what we are doing now) is civilian resistance, we thought the Canadian company might have a sense of humour so we played the guitar yesterday and took balloons to them with our kids.

– Burak Ciftci

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Life is a journey of sweetness and sorrow, of yesterday's memories and hopes for tomorrow, of pathways we choose and detours we face with patience and humour, courage and grace, of joys that we've shared and of people we've met who touched us in ways we will never forget.

– American Greetings Card

added by anonymous
5 years ago

You can't do humour by insulting the faith of the people, Penguen. You should realise this.

– Ibrahim Yoruk

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In conversation humour is more than wit, easiness, more than knowledge; few desire to learn, or to think they need it; all desire to be pleased, or, if not, to be easy.

– Sir W Temple

added by anonymous
12 years ago

Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.

– Montaigne

added by anonymous
12 years ago

Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humour left.

– Chuck Palahniuk

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Only a novel"... in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.

– Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The secret source of humour itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humour in heaven.

– Mark Twain

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Prudent people are very happy 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

– Mary Wortley Montagu

added by anonymous
14 years ago

At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.

– Eric Idle

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Humour is a cog in the machine we call love.

– Aaron J. Munzer

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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