{"quotes":[{"text":"Tribal Chief 1: The will of the people is what is best. That is what democracy meansTribal Chief 2: But if the people don’t know what they are talking about, how can that be the best?","author":"Leonard Wibberley","tags":["democracy","humor","humorous","satire","satirical-humor"],"id":137796,"author_id":"Leonard+Wibberley"},{"text":"I have been told the best things in life are free ~ I found them very expensive.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["best-things-in-life","expensive","expensive-dreams","free","funny","humorous","humour","life","nothing-is-free","philosophy","sad-but-true","satire","satirical","satirical-humor","twitter","twitter"],"id":162631,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"When dreaming is better than reality we're livingWhat's the sense of waking up in a nightmare?","author":"Joshua Natad","tags":["dream","humorous","philosophical","satirical-humor","visionary"],"id":310042,"author_id":"Joshua+Natad"},{"text":"Any fool can start a religion. And many do.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["god","good-and-evil","reality-of-life","religion-and-philosophy","satire","satirical-humor","spirituality-vs-religion"],"id":335628,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"I love religious nuts. They make me remember I have them too. So, being a health nut, I scratch them religiously. Just as I do my butt.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["funny-humor","funny","humour-life","humourous","laughter-is-the-best-medicine","life-and-living","life-philosophy","philosophical-humor","religion-and-philosophy","satirical-humor","spirituality-vs-religion","wellness-guru","wellness-lifestyle"],"id":384645,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"World opinion, though sharply divided on nuclear tests and the risk of atmospheric pollution, could congratulate itself on being united in its opposition to cannibalism. No country in the world was prepared to support the custom of eating the dead, though the right of governments to kill people, individually or by hundreds of thousands, was not questioned for a moment.","author":"Leonard Wibberley","tags":["humorous","satire","satirical-humor","satirical-humor"],"id":428281,"author_id":"Leonard+Wibberley"},{"text":"World opinion, though sharply divided on nuclear tests and the risk of atmospheric pollution, could congratulate itself on being united in its opposition to cannibalism. No country in the world was prepared to support the custom of eating the dead, though the right of governments to kill people, individually or by hundreds of thousands, was not questioned for a moment.","author":"Leonard Wibberley","tags":["humorous","satire","satirical-humor","satirical-humor"],"id":428281,"author_id":"Leonard+Wibberley"},{"text":"Casting a curious gaze down on planet Earth, extra-terrestrial beings could well be forgiven for assuming that we humans are programmed in every move we make, by a palm-sized, oblong, slab of glass. More perplexing than that, who on earth could convince them otherwise ?","author":"Alex Morritt","tags":["artificial-intelligence","artificial-life","artificiality","assume","assumed","assumption","assumptions","assumptions","automaton","backward-step","backwards","big-brother","brain","brain-drain","brainwashed","brainwashed-generation","brainwashed-society","brainwashing","cell-phone","cell-phones","cellphones","contrary","conviction","convince","convinced","convinced-that-we-re-living","convincing","convincing-ability","convincing-others","curiosity","curiosity","curious","deskilled","despair","despair","device","device-set-up","device-sync","devices","dumb-people","dumbing-down","dumbness","earth","earth-citizen","earth","earthlings","earthly-possessions","earthly-task","earthly-things","evolution","evolutionary-process","extraterrestrial-life","extraterrestrials","fake-friends","fake-people","forgive","forgiveness","future-prediction","future","futuristic","galactic","galaxies","galaxy","glass","glass-half-full","glass-slab","global-warning","globalisation","globalization","governed","homo-sapiens","homogeneity","homogenous","human-condition","human-nature","human-regression","human-revolution","human-weakness","humanity","humanity-and-society","humanoid","humans","humor","humor","humour","humourous","humourous","impersonal","impersonal-world","intellect","intellectual-capacity","intelligence","intelligence","intelligent-design","laugh-at-yourself","life-beyond","life-lesson","life-on-earth","life-on-other-planets","life-philosophy","life","losing-it","losing-yourself","lost-generation","lost-souls","machine","machine-autonomy","machine-man","manipulate","manipulation","manipulation-of-others","manipulation-of-the-masses","manipulation","manipulative","manipulative-people","mankind","mobile","mobile-app-development","mobile-device","mobile-phone","mobile-phones","mobiles","monitoring","move","move-backward","move-forward","movements","moves","neanderthal","neanderthal-marries-human","oblong","obsessive-compulsions","obsessive-compulsive-disorder","obsessive-interests","other-world","other-worldly","other-worlds","otherworld","overrun","palm","palms","perception","perception-and-reality","perception-of-life","perception-of-others","perception-of-reality","perceptions","perplexed","perplexing","perplexity","persuade","persuasion","persuasive","persuasiveness","planet","planet-earth","planetary","planetary-exploration","planetary-shift","powers-of-persuasion","prediction","predictions","programmed-to-receive","programmers","programming","programming","programming-your-mind","quotable","quotable","quotation-collections","of-the-day","about-life","on-life","quotology","regression","reversal","reverse","reverse-worlds","robot","robot-world","robotic","robotic-humans","robotic-machinery","robots","satire","satire","satirical","satirical-humor","satirical","skill","skill-sets","skills","skills","slab","slate","slave","slave-to-the-machine","slavery","slavery","society-denial","society-problem","society","subservience","subservient","telcos","telecommunications","telecoms","to-the-contrary","tongue-in-cheek","universal-truth","universal-truths","universe","universe","universe","virtual-cubicle","virtual-reality","virtual-world","watcher","watchers","watching","worry","worrying","worrying-about-the-future"],"id":432767,"author_id":"Alex+Morritt"},{"text":"I have great respect for you - once you are dead, and gone.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["funny-humor","funny","good-humour","jokes-and-whatever","satirical-humor","writing-life"],"id":449179,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"There's no such things as sweet as dreamWell maybe if you live on itBut you could live such a sweet lifeIf you'd just realized how alive your dreams beat.","author":"Joshua Natad","tags":["dream","humorous","philosophical","satirical-humor","visionary"],"id":459687,"author_id":"Joshua+Natad"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":12,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}