Mark Twain Quote

I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor.

Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims and other salutary platform opinions (ed. Harpercollins, 1984)