Humorous Sayings

177 sayings found from the Contemporary era

People who boast about their IQ are losers.

— Stephen Hawking 2004
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Economics is for donkeys.

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1979-1989 (approximate, during his leadership)
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I am willing to kill for my people, so I should not be able to lie and cheat for them?

— Yasser Arafat Unknown
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No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.

— Deng Xiaoping Undated, but widely circulated during his reform era (1970s-1990s)
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I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable.

— Aung San Suu Kyi 2012
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I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.

— Lech Walesa Unknown
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Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

— Vaclav Havel 1990
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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

— Desmond Tutu April 15, 2001
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No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.

— Benazir Bhutto Late 1980s/Early 1990s (approximate)
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It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.

— Corazon Aquino Unknown, during or after her presidency
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I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result.

— Edward Said 1999
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I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.

— Jacques Derrida 1970s-1990s (approximate)
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Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots.

— Slavoj Zizek 2012
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I'm a jazzman in the life of the mind. I'm a bluesman in the world of ideas. I'm a participant.

— Cornel West 2014
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If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2010
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I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for life's essential absurdity.

— Stephen King Unknown, widely attributed
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Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book.

— Madonna c. 1990s
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Reality is wrong. Dreams are for the real.

— Tupac Shakur c. 1990s
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She used my toothbrush to clean the toilet.

— Notorious B.I.G. c. 1990s
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The media crucify me like they did Christ.

— Kanye West c. 2016
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