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it’s not funny nor humorous anymore, is it? this practical confine greasing our gills, gilding our lilies, suffocating on our common wreckage – Todd Kalinski	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
A war hero and among the greatest of the Greatest Generation, and to me, he was also a friend whom I could look to for trusted guidance, or a humorous line at just the right moment to settle frayed nerves. I will miss my friend. But I am grateful for the times we shared, and for the friendship Jill and I and our family have built with Liddy and the entire Dole family. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It’s the value of the Second Amendment, it’s kind of humorous for me at any rate, the charge they finally settled on for me, because it’s exactly what I did do. That’s the whole point of the Second Amendment. We stood out there with guns, and that placed them in imminent fear of physical injury, and they back off. – Mark McCloskey	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Daveed, William and Jonathan created a Hanukkah song for the ages that's inventive, humorous and relevant as it celebrates the Miracle of Lights, the diverse world we live in, and the universal joy when a family adopts a pet into a child's life. – Steven Vincent	Found on CNN 3 years ago
When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous. – John Prine	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
Some of the stuff he says, when he's saying it, and I'm watching on TV, I spit my water out, i can't help but laugh. It's humorous. Some of the things -- not a lot -- but some of the things he's said, I've thought of saying, but I never would do it. I guess I give him credit for sticking with whatever he believes in. But he needs to use a filter way more. – Elizabeth Warren.Julie Cetrone	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Our texts are the late night bickering of two grumpy political veterans, who have known each other for years. They are friendly as well as nasty, ribald, vicious, inconsistent humorous and vile. – Roger Stone	Found on CNN 5 years ago
They're very humorous and fun to watch, these new economic scenes. – Jean Lee	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We would pass humorous things through the wall, you knew you succeeded when you could hear the guy on the other side laughing. – Joe Crecca	Found on CNN 5 years ago
When roles are reversed, it’s humorous, republicans were criticizing Democrats for things done back then, and now, they’re engaged in the same thing in order to get the number of votes necessary. – Ben Nelson	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
They claimed I was calling for violence against transgenders, obviously it is not true. It was a figure of speech. It was meant to be humorous and it was humorous to the audience. – General Boykin	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I actually had it sent to me on my phone and I was like Oh! Oh my gosh! I did see a little clip of it. It’s humorous, and believe me, I did not continue to watch it. But it is humorous and I can see why she’s getting a lot of negativity about it. – Brandi Redmond	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I think what people are finding that this is a pretty humorous, quintessential New York story of this person who goes 50% with trying to have a nice deed but ends up coming off with an asterisk at the end. – Reilly Flaherty	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There's a lot that's quite humorous about caravanning, and I always look for unintentional humor. But I didn't set out to make a mocking documentary book on caravanning, i wanted to show it for what it is and be quite honest. – Gareth Iwan Jones	Found on CNN 8 years ago
When we look at the content of the cases, they're being launched for unbelievable reasons right now, investigations are launched into criticisms that aren't even harsh or that are humorous in nature. – Deniz Ceylan	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I know a lot of people must think that The Lovely Bones (2009) is a pretty dramatic film and it's going to be really deep and dark and everything, but I promise you it's not. It's really humorous and funny and bright and happy. Then this awful thing happens and it kind of makes everyone really sad, obviously, but they have to get on with things. It's like the journey that Susie takes to learn to let go and realize that she can't be with her family anymore, and the same for her family. They have to let go and they know that they can't be with Susie. But it's a really funny, lighthearted thing. There's some really dramatic scenes in it as well, which is great with The Lovely Bones (2009) because you kind of get the best of both worlds. You get to do funny scenes and dramatic scenes. You get to cry, you get to laugh, so it's great . – Saoirse Ronan	added by anonymous 9 years ago
I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 13 years ago
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. – David Riesman	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation. – W. Somerset Maugham	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been able to live happily for thousands of years in a state of genial frailty. – Brooks Atkinson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I have often been downcast, but never in despair I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments. – Anne Frank	added by anonymous 14 years ago
In order to find a good quotation in a dictionary of humorous quotations, I didn't leave any stone unturned. – B. J. Gupta	added by anonymous 14 years ago

it’s not funny nor humorous anymore, is it? this practical confine greasing our gills, gilding our lilies, suffocating on our common wreckage

– Todd Kalinski

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

A war hero and among the greatest of the Greatest Generation, and to me, he was also a friend whom I could look to for trusted guidance, or a humorous line at just the right moment to settle frayed nerves. I will miss my friend. But I am grateful for the times we shared, and for the friendship Jill and I and our family have built with Liddy and the entire Dole family.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s the value of the Second Amendment, it’s kind of humorous for me at any rate, the charge they finally settled on for me, because it’s exactly what I did do. That’s the whole point of the Second Amendment. We stood out there with guns, and that placed them in imminent fear of physical injury, and they back off.

– Mark McCloskey

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Daveed, William and Jonathan created a Hanukkah song for the ages that's inventive, humorous and relevant as it celebrates the Miracle of Lights, the diverse world we live in, and the universal joy when a family adopts a pet into a child's life.

– Steven Vincent

Found on CNN
3 years ago

When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous.

– John Prine

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Some of the stuff he says, when he's saying it, and I'm watching on TV, I spit my water out, i can't help but laugh. It's humorous. Some of the things -- not a lot -- but some of the things he's said, I've thought of saying, but I never would do it. I guess I give him credit for sticking with whatever he believes in. But he needs to use a filter way more.

– Elizabeth Warren.Julie Cetrone

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our texts are the late night bickering of two grumpy political veterans, who have known each other for years. They are friendly as well as nasty, ribald, vicious, inconsistent humorous and vile.

– Roger Stone

Found on CNN
5 years ago

They're very humorous and fun to watch, these new economic scenes.

– Jean Lee

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We would pass humorous things through the wall, you knew you succeeded when you could hear the guy on the other side laughing.

– Joe Crecca

Found on CNN
5 years ago

When roles are reversed, it’s humorous, republicans were criticizing Democrats for things done back then, and now, they’re engaged in the same thing in order to get the number of votes necessary.

– Ben Nelson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

They claimed I was calling for violence against transgenders, obviously it is not true. It was a figure of speech. It was meant to be humorous and it was humorous to the audience.

– General Boykin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I actually had it sent to me on my phone and I was like Oh! Oh my gosh! I did see a little clip of it. It’s humorous, and believe me, I did not continue to watch it. But it is humorous and I can see why she’s getting a lot of negativity about it.

– Brandi Redmond

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I think what people are finding that this is a pretty humorous, quintessential New York story of this person who goes 50% with trying to have a nice deed but ends up coming off with an asterisk at the end.

– Reilly Flaherty

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There's a lot that's quite humorous about caravanning, and I always look for unintentional humor. But I didn't set out to make a mocking documentary book on caravanning, i wanted to show it for what it is and be quite honest.

– Gareth Iwan Jones

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When we look at the content of the cases, they're being launched for unbelievable reasons right now, investigations are launched into criticisms that aren't even harsh or that are humorous in nature.

– Deniz Ceylan

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I know a lot of people must think that The Lovely Bones (2009) is a pretty dramatic film and it's going to be really deep and dark and everything, but I promise you it's not. It's really humorous and funny and bright and happy. Then this awful thing happens and it kind of makes everyone really sad, obviously, but they have to get on with things. It's like the journey that Susie takes to learn to let go and realize that she can't be with her family anymore, and the same for her family. They have to let go and they know that they can't be with Susie. But it's a really funny, lighthearted thing. There's some really dramatic scenes in it as well, which is great with The Lovely Bones (2009) because you kind of get the best of both worlds. You get to do funny scenes and dramatic scenes. You get to cry, you get to laugh, so it's great .

– Saoirse Ronan

added by anonymous
9 years ago

I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor.

– Mark Twain

added by anonymous
13 years ago

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.

– David Riesman