Gallows Humor/Quotes
The two funniest groups of human beings I've ever been around are Indians and Jewish folks. So I guess that says something about the inherent humor of genocide.
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If you can't stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they're hanging around.
—Harry Dresden, Turn Coat
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We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.
—Benjamin Franklin, to the Continental Congress, just before signing the Declaration of Independence
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We had to joke about it, because the alternative was to be scared out of your wits
—Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games
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C-3PO: His high exaltedness, the Great Jabba the Hutt, has decreed that you are to be terminated immediately. |
Cpl. Gabe Garza: How's it feel, motherfucker? How's it feel to be fuckin' dead? |
"If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips."
—Birgitte Silverbow,Wheel of Time
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We call ourselves the "6th Panzer Army", because we've only got 6 Panzers left.
—Sepp Dietrich, German general in World War II
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