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- Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humor left.
- Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), "Survivor"
- I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.
- Maya Angelou (1928 - )
- Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
- Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986), Dune
- I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
- Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984)
- A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.
- Dr. Smiley Blanton
- A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
- Clive James
- All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
- Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
- Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy of everyone else.
- William Rotsler
- Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.
- Julia T. Alvarez
- All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government.
- Ellen Goodman (1941 - )
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