Robert Orben (1928) American magician and writer
Steve Lowery (October 23, 1993) "What's So Funny? Humor Comes Under Harsh Glare of Political Correctness", Press-Telegram, p. C1.
William Lowther (September 21, 1986) "Americans laugh at their presidents -- not with them", The Toronto Star, p. B3.
Robert Orben (1928) American magician and writer
Steve Lowery (October 23, 1993) "What's So Funny? Humor Comes Under Harsh Glare of Political Correctness", Press-Telegram, p. C1.
Al Tabor (1898–1983) British bandleader
Song The Hokey Cokey.
Jimmy Kennedy (1902–1984) Irish songwriter
Song The Hokey Cokey (actually by Al Tabor).
Misattributed
Emma Watson (1990) British actress and model
The "Burke quote" she uses here is a common but disputed attribution.
UN Speech on the HeForShe campaign (2014)
Context: You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing speaking at the UN. And it’s a really good question. I've been asking myself the same thing. All I know is that I care about this problem. And I want to make it better.
And having seen what I’ve seen — and given the chance — I feel it is my responsibility to say something. Statesman Edmund Burke said: “All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.”
In my nervousness for this speech and in my moments of doubt I’ve told myself firmly — if not me, who, if not now, when. If you have similar doubts when opportunities are presented to you I hope that those words might be helpful.
Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) Polish writer
"A Film from the Sixties"
Poems New and Collected (1998), No End of Fun (1967)
“I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on till I am.”
Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist
Don Soderquist (1934–2016)
Don Soderquist “ Live Learn Lead to Make a Difference https://books.google.com/books?id=s0q7mZf9oDkC&lpg=pg=PP1&dq=Don%20Soderquist&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false, Thomas Nelson, April 2006 p. 44. <br class="br">On Keeping a Sense of Humor
Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716) German mathematician and philosopher
Letter 11 to Grimarest: Passages Concerning the Abbe de St. Pierre's 'Project for Perpetual Peace (June 1712). Taken from Leibniz: Political Writings (2nd Edition, 1988), Edited by Patrick Riley.