humor

"They say the promise of a witch is like a plain woman, seldom remembered."

"I have never been able to see life as anything but a vast complicated practical joke, and it’s better to laugh than cry."

"Men met energy wave with predictable results."

"The smylere with the knyf under the cloke."

"I think being successful in comedy is being funny and making jokes - anything beyond that is the icing on the cake."

"The thing I can say about Ted Kennedy is, at least he never flinched on what he believed in, and that's the way America…the thing you need to take away from Ted Kennedy is, he stood up, and never flin…"

"My appearance still made people laugh, with that hearty jovial laugh so good for the health."

"Mo used to be a troubleshooter: whenever the organization had a spot of trouble she shot it until it stopped twitching."

"The lion does not care about a monkey laughing at him from a tree."

"If we compare the antiquity and illustrious descent of the dynasties which have ruled, and some which continue to rule, the small sovereignties of Rajasthan, with many of celebrity in Europe, superior…"

"An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea."

"Whatever it is, it’s OK because it’s what it is. Don’t be looking for perfection. Don’t be short-tempered with yourself. And you’ll be a whole lot nicer to be around with everyone else."

"One-on-one with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan"

"The decision to become an individual, to allow oneself to be moved by the deepest impulses of the self rather than the social consensus, can only be made with fear and trembling."

"I am well aware that the path of the biographer is beset with pitfalls, and that, for him, suppressio veri is almost necessarily suggestio falsi — the least omission may distort the whole picture."

"If you were a crayon, what color would you most like to make out with?"

"Muzaffar A. Ghaffar: Sachal Sarmast within reach, Lahore, 2007"

"Genes are a play within a play, not the interior monologue of the players."

"The best introduction to Locale II is to suggest a room with a sign over the door saying, "Please Check All Physical Concepts Here." If getting accustomed to the idea of a Second Body was an uneasy ex…"

"A modest young lady with her head the same size as it was when she was a child."