Uh, excuse me, sir, I, uh, don't known how to uh, to uh, tell you this, but you were three minutes late. The schedule is a little, uh, bit off."
He grinned sheepishly.
"That's ridiculous!" murmured the Ticktockman behind his mask. "Check your watch." And then he went into his office, going mrmee, mrmee, mrmee, mrmee.

Harlan Ellison

Stichwörter: satire science-fiction



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Pops added,"you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve."
"And if you do, you never get the results you expected," (Katherine) replied.

E.A. Bucchianeri

Stichwörter: humor paradox democracy humour satire funny logic elections voting political results governments politicians sad-but-true election gadfly wise-sayings disappointments false-hope election-results general-election general-elections i-didn-t-vote i-hate-politics i-voted



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Theatres are curious places, magician's trick-boxes where the golden memories of dramtic triumphs linger like nostalgic ghosts, and where the unexplainable, the fantastic, the tragic, the comic and the absurd are routine occurences on and off the stage. Murders, mayhem, politcal intrigue, lucrative business, secret assignations, and of course, dinner.

E.A. Bucchianeri

Stichwörter: humor politics food dramatic murder nostalgia satire funny mysteries theater secrets drama acting actors theatre plays opera dinner fantastic i-love-the-theater i-love-the-theatre opera-house playwrights theatre-of-the-absurd



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He would be a consul no doubt by and by, at some foreign port, of the language of which he was ignorant; though if ignorance of language were a qualification he might have been a consul at home.

Mark Twain

Stichwörter: satire



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As Samson demonstrated, going bald ruins lives.

Brendan Jack

Stichwörter: humor humour satire book self-help memoir quote empire



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And it's really very difficult to kill someone when all your inner instincts would oblige you to take off your hat first!

Susan Kay

Stichwörter: humor satire funny witty irony ironic comeback sharp



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-"He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful."

-"It was stupid.

Lloyd Alexander

Stichwörter: humor satire funny comedy witty humorous ironic comebacks sharp comical



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You know, you're rather amusingly wrong.

Terry Pratchett

Stichwörter: humor satire funny wit humorous irony comeback witty-quotes



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-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself?
-Certainly. I'd know me anywhere.

Terry Pratchett

Stichwörter: humor satire wit humorous comeback funny-and-random witty-quotes



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(About a cookbook...)
- What about this one? Maids of Honor?
- Weeelll, they starts OUT as Maids of Honor...but they ends up Tarts.

Terry Pratchett

Stichwörter: humor satire wit witty humorous comebacks retort funny-and-random



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