Quotes of: Humorists Keyword

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

P. J. O'Rourke

Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.

P. J. O'Rourke

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

The whole idea of government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government do it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

Great humorists are great insulters.

Dick Cavett

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it.

Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.

Dick Gregory

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.

P. J. O'Rourke

I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.

Peter Sellers

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

Will Rogers

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

Will Rogers

But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter.

David Sedaris

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

Ambrose Bierce

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

Don Herold

Behind every humorist who delights in knifing hypocrites is a major self-critic.

Wendy Aron

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.

Cullen Hightower