The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
- Ronald Knox
American, Pose, Humour, Illiteracy
A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.
- Ronald Knox
Woman, Enough, Like, Arouse
It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.
- Ronald Knox
Stupid, Modern, Given, Civilisation
A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
- Ronald Knox
Responsibility, Other, Loud, Noise
A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
- Ronald Knox
Responsibility, Other, Loud, Noise
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.
- Ronald Knox
Feel, Politeness, Suave, Bigot
Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.
- Ronald Knox
Man, Only, Therefore, Dignity
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