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Talk:Comedy

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Additional quotes
See also additional quotes, at w:Portal:Comedy/Selected quote. Cirt (talk) 05:27, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced

 * These should be provided with sources before being moved back into the article.

 * A Day without Laughter is like a Day without Sunshine
 * Charlie Chaplin — this seems to be a general saying, without clear source to Chaplin and also part of a joke by Steve Martin

Removed nine (9) images, and bolding, from page
I've gone ahead and removed nine (9) images, and bolding, from page, Comedy.

From prior discussions here at WQ:VP it's been established that community consensus does not support image usage in this manner and does not support this type of bolding.

Hopefully these changes will stay in the page as stable.

Cheers,

-- Cirt (talk) 20:27, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: Also posted this note to Village_pump. -- Cirt (talk) 20:27, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Excessive obscure quotes
These quotes by Nissim Mannathukkaren (who is of doubtful notability, he has no wikipedia page) were recently added, the quotes are obscure and only published once in a news blog.

The quote is also in about 10 other wikiquote articles.

This is a high level article. This article should have more quotes from books, rather than websites or newspapers, that have timeless quotability. --დამოკიდებულება (talk) 10:25, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Theodore von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán (von Sköllöskislaki Kármán Tódor) (11 May 1881 – 6 May 1963) was a Hungarian-born engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics during the seminal era in the 1940s and 1950s. He is personally responsible for many key advances in aerodynamics, notably his work on supersonic and hypersonic airflow characterization.

Quotes

 * I came to realize that exaggerated concern about what others are doing can be foolish. It can paralyze effort, and stifle a good idea. One finds that in the history of science almost every problem has been worked out by someone else. This should not discourage anyone from pursuing his own path.
 * The Wind and Beyond, 1967

 * Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month.
 * November 1957 - Told to Joseph G. Martin, then Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Hooks, as Lt. Martin escorted Dr. von Kármán from New York City to lead a secret symposium on space flight in Cloudcroft, NM. Sputnik had been launched a month before and every branch of the US military had a separate space program and were desperately trying to get off a successful launch.
 * The Life and Times of Joe Gordon (To the Best of My Recollection) by Joseph G. Martin (self published, 2007)

 * A scientist studies what is, whereas an engineer creates what never was.
 * Theoretical foundations for decision making in engineering design https://www.nap.edu/read/10566/chapter/2 (National Academy Press, 2001)

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Talk:X-Men (film)

Some of these quotes seem to be from Phoenix-forgotten 00:55, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Wolverine: Magneto's right: there is a war coming. Are you sure you're on the right side?
 * Storm: At least I've chosen a side.
 * Senator Kelly: I have here a list of names of identified mutants living right here in the United States.
 * Dr. Jean Grey: Senator -
 * Senator Kelly: Here's a girl in Illinois who can walk through walls [...etc]
 * Senator Kelly: Here's a girl in Illinois who can walk through walls [...etc]

Afaik the first one is from X1, the second from the beginning of X2. [CRE]
 * The second one is actually also from the X1. Master son 19:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

This article has a lot of inconsistency with sourcing and proper editing, adding film-cleanup tag Master son 19:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Anthony de Mello

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This page is meant to discuss improvements and changes to the Anthony de Mello article, not to debate Anthony as a person or as a priest. The only mildly relevant comment was whether he should be described as "Christian", but as the article uses the designation of "Jesuit priest", this isn't a relevant issue. The discussion here only served to get others to give their opinions, which do not belong here. Thanks ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:32, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Unsourced

 * No published sources were found for these statements; though they seem plausible, a definite and reliable source should be found before restoring them to the article.

 * If you just swallow everything I am telling you, I am brainwashing you.

 * You know you are a Mystic when you wake up one day and ask, am I crazy or are they?

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Criss Cross (1949 film)

Criss Cross is a 1949 film about an armored truck driver and his ex-wife (now married to a mobster) who conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
 * Directed by Robert Siodmak. Written by Daniel Fuchs, based on the novel Criss Cross by Don Tracy.

When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser...IT'S A CRISS-CROSS! (taglines)

Steve Thompson

 * A man eats an apple. He gets a piece of the core stuck between his teeth. He tries to work it out with some cellophane from a cigarette pack. What happens? The cellophane gets stuck in there too. Anna? What was the use. I knew that somehow I'd wind up seeing her that night.

Detective Lieutenant Pete Ramirez

 * I should have been a better friend. I shoulda stopped you. I shoulda grabbed you by the neck, I shoulda kicked your teeth in. I'm sorry, Steve.

Dialogue

 * Steve Thompson: She's all right, she's just young.
 * Mrs. Thompson: Huh! Some ways, she knows more than Einstein.

 * Steve Thompson: I take my hat off to you.
 * Anna Dundee: Yeah... yeah, I'm a prize.
 * Steve Thompson: Tramp.
 * Anna Dundee: Tell me all about it.
 * Steve Thompson: Tramp! Cheap little no good tramp!
 * [gets up to leave]
 * Anna Dundee: Stick around. You make it all so nice and sad.

Taglines

 * When you Double-Cross a Double-Crosser...IT'S A CRISS-CROSS!
 * They played it with BULLETS!

Cast

 * Burt Lancaster - Steve Thompson
 * Yvonne DeCarlo - Anna Dundee
 * Dan Duryea - Slim Dundee
 * Stephen McNally - Det. Lt. Ramirez
 * Esy Morales - Orchestra Leader
 * Tom Pedi - Vincent
 * Percy Helton - Frank
 * Alan Napier - Finchley
 * Robert Osterloh - Mr. Nelson
 * Griff Barnett - Pop
 * Meg Randall - Helen
 * Richard Long - Slade Thompson
 * Joan Miller - The Lush
 * Edna Holland - Mrs. Thompson
 * John Doucette - Walt

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Category:Authors by genre

Writing is inherent in the activity of many professions. Authors not listed here may be found in Category:People by occupation instead, particularly for non-fiction genres.

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Category:Humorists

This is a list of humorists, or authors who frequently write essays or columns in a comedic style.
 * See also: Comedy, Comedians.

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Category:Science fiction authors

These authors are noted for writing in the science fiction genre.

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Category:Comedic authors

This is a list of authors whose works frequently have a comedic style.

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Category:Fantasy authors

This is a list of authors who frequently write in the fantasy genre.

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Category:Horror authors

This is a list of authors who frequently write in the horror genre.

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Category:Erotica authors

This is a list of authors who frequently write erotic fiction.

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Category:Detective fiction authors

This is a list of authors who frequently write detective fiction, including the subgenre of mystery fiction.

de:Kategorie:Kriminalautor

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Category:Science authors

This is a list of authors who frequently write non-fiction works about science.

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A History of East Africa

A History of East Africa, by Odhiambo Atieno, E. S., Ouso, T. I. & Williams, J. F. M. (1977) London: Longman Group Ltd. ISBN 0-582-60886-4.

 * It is worth noting the comment of a minor chief in northern Uganda, with whom Sir Samuel Baker stayed: "Most people are bad. If they are strong they take from the weak. The good people are all weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be bad."

 * The chief, Commoro, was speaking to explorer Samuel Baker in 1864. The above quote appears in Baker's In the Heart of Africa. Chapter, XVI, page 82.

title: A History of East Africa