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Arthur Smith Quotes

Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: english
Birth: November 27, 1954

Topics

Funny Laughter World Nothing Deserve

When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights.

People Citizenship You Group Human

I started doing improv when I was 8 years old, so it's always been in my life. I would feel naked without it.

Life Feel My Life Doing Old Naked

Although I adore the Italian High Renaissance, I'd rather look at Mannerism. The former is ordered, integrated, otherworldly, and grandiose; it leaves you feeling hungry for something flawed and of-the-flesh.

You Look Feeling Renaissance High

I believed in God my whole life, and then strayed away from it in my teen-age years, until recently.

Life God Years Away Whole Until

You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability.

John Shelby Spong

People World You Want Stability

Because I'm a bald, dim-witted writer, people think I couldn't possibly be her husband, so they occasionally confuse me for someone more glamorous. At O'Hare airport, a man asked if he could take Rebecca's photo. When I reflexively stepped away, he said, 'No, no, no. I want your picture too, Andre Agassi.'

Man People Me Husband Think Picture

With anything you put out there, you're going to offend somebody, but most people get that it's a joke, that I'm playing a character, and that I'm actually making fun of what I'm saying by saying it.

Character Fun People Saying You Out

I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops.

Great Men Young Knew Matt Damon

I did the commencement speech at UNH in 2006, and one of the biggest jokes was a 'Guts' joke.

Speech Joke Jokes Guts Did Biggest

Books are a little better movies than just screenplays because there's more fat on the bone. There's more character development. There's more stuff to pick from.

Character Better Fat Movies More

The 'Bourne' franchise means the world to me. I love that Universal wants to put one out every two years. Because it is a safe investment, I benefit from that on many levels.

Love Me World Investment Two Out

With a bucket of Lego, you can tell any story. You can build an airplane or a dragon or a pirate ship - it's whatever you can imagine.

Christopher Miller

Airplane Story Ship You Build Lego

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