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With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!

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Anybody with a good sense of humor is one-up on their competition. We respond to somebody who has the ability to make us laugh. It's a bonding influence.

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I'd be surprised if Ronald Reagan doesn't run again. To us it's a second term. To him it's a double feature.

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If you can get someone to laugh with you, they will be more willing to identify with you, listen to you. It parts the waters.

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In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh.

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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
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Robert Orben

Robert Orben

Born: March 4, 1927
Died: February 2, 2023 (aged 95)
Bio: Robert Orben was an American professional comedy writer and magician. He wrote multiple books on comedy, mostly collections of gags and "one-liners" originally written for his newsletter, Orben's Current Comedy, and also wrote books for magicians.
Known for:
  1. Speaker's handbook of humor (2000)
  2. Joke Teller's Handbook (1966)
  3. 2100 Laughs for All Occasions (1983)
  4. 2500 Jokes to Start'Em Laughing (1979)
  5. 2400 Jokes to Brighten Your Speeches (1984)
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