Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.
William S. BurroughsTag: beat satire science-fiction
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
William Makepeace ThackerayTag: humor satire vanity classics
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."
(Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)
Tag: humor religion satire prayers enmity ridicule social-justice social-life
It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.
VoltaireTag: satire
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTag: satire
Freddie experienced the sort of abysmal soul-sadness which afflicts one of Tolstoy's Russian peasants when, after putting in a heavy day's work strangling his father, beating his wife, and dropping the baby into the city's reservoir, he turns to the cupboards, only to find the vodka bottle empty.
P.G. WodehouseTag: humor sorrow satire disappointment moroseness tolstoy russia
Even ivory towers need central heating.
Breyten BreytenbachTag: poetry satire essay new-york-times-review
I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.
Matt GroeningTag: humor family language satire social-commentary simpsons
Welcome to Hell. Here's your accordion.
Gary LarsonTag: humor satire social-commentary cartoon
I was trying to have an insight, and all I could think of was that I'd backed myself into a corner, and the corner was me.
John WelterTag: humor love fiction satire lunchmeat softball
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