Humor is a rubber sword—it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.

About Pico Iyer

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Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer (born 11 February 1957), known as Pico Iyer, is an English-born essayist and novelist known chiefly for his travel writing. He is the author of numerous books on crossing cultures including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk and The Global Soul. He has...

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May we remember, as we log on, that half the world's people have never used a telephone, and recall, as we chatter, that most of those around us have no chance to speak or move as they choose. May we recall that more than half a million beings live without food, and that as many children live amidst poverty and war.

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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.

—Peter Ustinov

Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.

One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.

The best defence against misguided arrogance is a keen sense of humour.

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

—Larry Gelbart

History

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Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.