A sense of humor... is needed ...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.
 Hugh Sidey

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We are creating a political demolition derby, not a presidential debate. Those strange impulses in the American soul that have produced mud wrestling and The Gong Show seem to have claimed the national campaign.
 Hugh Sidey
Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it.
 Hugh Sidey