Robin Ince Quotes

There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the best comedy goes beyond the rules.

Robin Ince

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 20, 1969

Topics

ScienceBestWritingThinkComedy

There are no secrets.

John McAfee

Secrets

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different.

John McCarthy

GolfSameDifferentAboutCourses

When I was 20 years old, if you had a $100 bill and a good idea and a strong work ethic, you could start a company.

Matt Rosendale

WorkGoodStartStrongWork Ethic

It's my job to stretch and figure out what I'm capable of, to identify with the character I have chosen to play.

Michael Ealy

CharacterJobPlayCapableOut

Donald Trump can ultimately make the case for himself.

Tom Cotton

Donald TrumpMakeTrumpHimselfCase

I do think that I have a sensitivity to the depictions of maybe all minorities in literature. And I think that the experience of people who look like me is so rarely captured in big, mainstream American fiction that you tend to sort of empathize with any character of color who pops up.

Rumaan Alam

CharacterExperiencePeopleMeThink

Women make a terrible mistake because they usually are so desperate to nest that they pick on schlubs and worthless pieces of trash that they pick up in a bar.

Judy Sheindlin

WomenMistakeTrashNestBarUp

Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.

Jon Meacham

SecurityOthersDisasterTakeSocial

I've always had really wonderful people around me. But early on, I remember I would walk into a session or go do something with some musicians, and they viewed me, basically, as their chick singer.

Dianne Reeves

WalkPeopleMeMusiciansRemember

The Olympics is a time primarily for sport and celebration, but diplomacy does not stop at the door of the U.N., and for it to work, it must be sustained and consistent.

Douglas Alexander

WorkTimeDoorStopCelebration

The criterion for racism is either objective or it's meaningless: If liberals get to decide for themselves who is or isn't a racist according to their political lights, conservatives will be within their rights to ignore them.

Bret Stephens

RacismPoliticalIgnoreLightsWill

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

William Wordsworth

LifeLoveKindnessGoodBestMan

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