Ronald Knox Quotes

1888–1957, British Scholar, Priest
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“Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.”
VerifiedEssays in Satire, Introduction (1928) · evidenceDignity
“The hall-mark of American humor is its pose of illiteracy.”
Humor
“A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”
MisattributedNot by Ronald Knox. Earliest known source: Elizabeth I. Adamson, The Reader's Digest, July 1937. · evidenceBabies
“When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected ''I believe'' to ''One does feel.''”
Verified"Absolute and Abitofhell", Oxford Magazine, October 1913 · evidenceCreeds