“It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself”
Salvador Dalí
“A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder trial.”
Mark Twain
“We're serious. This isn't a joke, ... If an entire town changed its name to DISH, you can't buy that publicity.”
Cicero
“My call for no severance is not vindictive, but necessary to show how serious we take his misdeeds, his damage to AU, ... We must remember the cost already of Ben's excessive behavior.”
Paul Wolff
“This is not a joke. We are very serious about doing this for the City.”
Linda Viola
“The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is understandable that the public is concerned but they need not be unduly alarmed as all the necessary measures are being, and will continue to be, taken.”
Markos Kyprianou
