All Quotes By Tag: Humor

“A witch, a vampire, and a pixy walk into a bar, I thought as I led the way into the Squirrel’s End. It was early, and the sun had yet to set when the door swung shut behind Jenks, sealing us in the warm air smelling faintly of smoke. Immediately Nick yanked it open to come in behind us. And there’s the punch line.”

“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.”

“This book will prove the following ten facts:1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there.2. Pigs have wings, making them hard to catch.3. All power corrupts, but we need electricity.4. When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, the result is a family fight.5. Music does not always sooth the troubled beast.6. An Englishman’s home is his castle.7. The female of the species is more deadly than the male.8. One black eye deserves another.9. Space is the final frontier, and so is the sewage farm.10. It pays to increase your word power.”

“Oh, man,” Xavier groaned. “See what you’ve done–now I’m stressing.””You can’t! You’re the stable one!”Xavier laughed and I realized his distress had been feigned to illustrate a point. He wasn’t worried in the slightest.”Just relax. Go and run a bath or have a shot of brandy.””Okay.””That second bit was a joke. We both know you can’t hold your liquor.”

“Don’t do anything stupid.””Don’t worry,” I whispered over the line, “I’m an expert on stupid.””You’re…””Like, I can spot stupidity, because I know it so well. The way an exterminator knows bugs really well, and can spot where they’ve been? I’m like that. A stupidinator.””Never say that word again,” Prof said.”

“I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.”

“I sat down and tried to write a story.”Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight.”That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just couldn’t think of the next one. After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him.”

“We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.”

“WE do try to eat,” Raoul called back to her [Kel]. I go all faint if I don’t get fed regularly. Only think of the disgrace to the King’s Own if I fell from the saddle.””But there was that time in Fanwood,” a voice behind them said.”That wedding in Tameran,” added the blonde Sergeant Osbern, riding a horse-length behind Kel.”Don’t forget when what’s-his-name, with the army, retired,” yelled a third.”Silence, insubordinate curs!” cried Raoul. “Do not sully my new squire’s ears with your profane tales!””Even if they’re TRUE?” That was Dom. It seemed Neal wasn’t the only family member versed in irony.”

“People often say that the English are very cold fish, very reserved, that they have a way of looking at things – even tragedy – with a sense of irony. There’s some truth in it; it’s pretty stupid of them, though. Humor won’t save you; it doesn’t really do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there are people who seem to go through most of their lives seeing the funny side, but in the end, life always breaks your heart. Doesn’t matter how brave you are, how reserved, or how much you’ve developed a sense of humor, you still end up with your heart broken. That’s when you stop laughing. In the end there’s just the cold, the silence and the loneliness. In the end, there’s only death.”

“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs,” I said. “We have a protractor.”

“Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where you are”

“Why are there five syllables in the word “monosyllabic”?”

“Don’t you see Blaynie.” Mitch put his arm around her shoulders. “You’re like an illegitimate little sister that I never wanted.”

“Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?”