Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter
“I am not a joking subject!”
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“Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.”
Carrie Fisher book Postcards from the Edge
Source: Postcards from the Edge
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist
Source: Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1961 - 1970, Diary of a Genius (1964), p. 65 (Dali's remark, in 1952)
“I am not joking. I'm speaking
of spirit. Not dogma but spirit. The Way.”
Denise Levertov (1923–1997) Poet
Conversation in Moscow
“I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.”
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) Mexican painter
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist
Source: Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1961 - 1970, Diary of a Genius (1964), p. 12
“Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.”
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) German theoretical physicist
Sometimes attributed to Heisenberg, this was actually a statement made by Niels Bohr, as quoted in The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery (2000) by Abraham Pais, p. 24
Some things are so serious that one can only joke about them.
Variant without any citation as to author in Denial is not a river in Egypt (1998) by Sandi Bachom, p. 85
Misattributed
“Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.”
Niels Bohr (1885–1962) Danish physicist
As quoted in The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery (2000) by Abraham Pais, p. 24
Some things are so serious that one can only joke about them.
Variant without any citation as to author in Denial is not a river in Egypt (1998) by Sandi Bachom, p. 85.
Aaron Burr (1756–1836) American Vice President and politician
Last words; Burr was an atheist. His last words were a response to the efforts of his friend, Reverend P.J. Van Pelt, to get Burr to state that there was a God. Reported in Holmes Moss Alexander, Aaron Burr: The Proud Pretender (1937), p. 356.
“I am apt to hire musicians sometimes because I know they will have some good jokes to tell.”
Mark Heard (1951–1992) American musician and record producer
Life in the Industry: A Musician's Diary