Humorous Sayings

6,846 sayings found from the Contemporary era

My name is President.

— Lech Walesa Unknown, post-1990
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I only fear God, and my wife – sometimes.

— Lech Walesa Unknown
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You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?

— Lech Walesa Unknown
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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.

— Lech Walesa Unknown
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I leaped over a wall and they made me president.

— Lech Walesa Approx. 1990s
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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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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

— Vaclav Havel Unknown
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Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have—by disrupting that order—a way of surprising.

— Vaclav Havel Unknown
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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.

— Vaclav Havel Unknown
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Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

— Vaclav Havel Unknown
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Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.

— Vaclav Havel Unknown
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The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. …

— Vaclav Havel 2000
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There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

— Vaclav Havel Unknown
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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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I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place. I am as passionate about this campaign as I ev…

— Desmond Tutu 2013
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If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

— Desmond Tutu Unknown
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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

— Desmond Tutu Unknown
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Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.

— Desmond Tutu Unknown
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He has a childlike, boyish, impish, mischievousness. And I have to try and make him behave properly, like a holy man!

— Desmond Tutu Unknown
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.

— Desmond Tutu Unknown
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