The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
About Ronald Knox
Ronald Arbuthnott Knoxwas an English Catholic priest, theologian, author, and radio broadcaster. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he earned a high reputation as a classicist, Knox was ordained as a priest of the Church of England in 1912.
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A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
English priest and theologian
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected ‘I believe’ to ‘one does feel’.
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Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.
English priest and theologian
A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
English priest and theologian
The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
English priest and theologian
A good sermon should be like a woman’s skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.
English priest and theologian
It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.
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