As a reward for kicking out the ghastly Australian Labour Party at their last election I have very graciously granted my Australian 'Joke Factory' a week off. In place of its output I am offering you some very fine samples of wit and wisdom as compiled by Giles Brandreth in The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations which was featured in the current edition of 'The Speccie'. You may follow the link to read more.
The first from my favorite modern playwright:
I’m the kind of person who embarks on an endless leapfrog down the great
moral issues. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal and rebut the
refutation. Endlessly. —Tom Stoppard
Then one especially for 'DM' from a very shrewd and witty writer:
Wherever there is suffering, injustice and oppression the Americans will show
up, six months late, and bomb the country next to where it is happening. - P. J. O'Rourke
An inside scribbler's view of 'Scribbledom':
There are moments when we in the British press can show extraordinary
sensitivity; these moments usually coincide with the death of a proprietor, or a
proprietor’s wife. — Craig Brown
This one on the subject of the ghastly Nick Clegg almost makes you hope for a Boris premiership:
Like some cut-price edition of David Cameron hastily knocked off by a Shanghai sweatshop to satisfy unexpected market demand. — Boris Johnson
Another exceedingly shrewd cookie:
I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will. —Warren Buffett
And finally, one for us Brits:
Modest about our national pride — and inordinately proud of our national
modesty. —Ian Hislop
Right, that's it, now get on with your work!
