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" Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. "

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Kenneth Branagh

" I think I have always had a little humor. "

" Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. "

" Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory. "

" A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say. "

" The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. "

" Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. "

" Wise men make more opportunities than they find. "

" A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way. "

" People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors. "

" It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. "

" What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. "

" The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. "

" In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. "

" Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. "

" He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. "

" Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. "

" Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. "

" Gags die, humor doesn't. "

" Humor is the most engaging cowardice. "

" The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. "

" Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. "

" If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us. "

" I am often the brunt of my own humor. "

Charles R. Swindoll

" The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. "

" Good late-night humor can work at any time of the day. "

" Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had. "

" I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way. "

" Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. "

" Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles. "