"The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter."
― Alice Meynell
Topic(s):
Humor
― Alice Meynell
More From Alice Meynell
- "Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name."
- "Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind."
- "Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act."
More In Humor
- "A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself."― Jessamyn West
- "It’s continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you’ve got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don’t think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances."― Rachael Ray
- "Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles."― Allen Klein