"Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy."
-J. B. Priestley
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"We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types."
-J. B. Priestley
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"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile."
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"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile."
-J. B. Priestley
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"When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going."
-J. B. Priestley
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"There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going."
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"Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public, but they itch in public."
-Tom Walsh
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"The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story."
-Stephen Sommers
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"This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section."
-John Callahan
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"Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny."
-Will Eisner
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"We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor."
-Bobby Clarke
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"You may not like the humor, but that is why every radio has an on-off button."
-Mel Karmazin
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