Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. Use this quote
If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the time, that they were getting up in the morning very early. They were physically very active. They didn't eat lunch. Use this quote
Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand. Use this quote
One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics. Use this quote
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. Use this quote
It's not cool to be an alcoholic. Use this quote
Nature does nothing in vain. Use this quote
It's like, now you're actually complaining because you're making $9 million and guys are making more? If it makes you that upset, quit. Leave the game. Go home then and try finding another job that's going to pay you that. Use this quote
Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly. Use this quote
You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble. Use this quote
Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning. Use this quote
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services. Use this quote
Throw in the humor, throw in that personality, try things you wouldn't normally try. Use this quote
The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil. Use this quote
I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun. Use this quote
I honestly don't love the Cheech and Chong movies, I've got to say. Use this quote
In our post-9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy. Use this quote
Nobody had ever told me junk food was bad for me. Four years of medical school, and four years of internship and residency, and I never thought anything was wrong with eating sweet rolls and doughnuts, and potatoes, and bread, and sweets. Use this quote
I look forward to a time, in the not so distant future, when we no longer look forward to 'firsts' as milestones women have yet to achieve, but we look back on them as historic events that continue to teach and inspire. Use this quote
I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don't think he's funny in either the way that Reagan was funny - or John McCain and Dick Cheney are both funny in that ruthless, kind of mean way. Use this quote