Quote of the Day

“No one without a sense of humor should ever write seriously. For without knowing what is funny, one is constantly in danger of being funny without knowing it.” — Robert Benchley

No one without a sense of humor should ever write seriously. For without knowing what is funny, one is constantly in danger of being funny without knowing it.

“No one without a sense of humor should ever write seriously. For without knowing what is funny, one is constantly in danger of being funny without knowing it.” — Robert Benchley, LIFE magazine (8 March 1929)

Quote of the Day

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.” — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy