“The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.”
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Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.
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The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
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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.
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Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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