Gershon Legman Quotes

• Of the two smartest creatures on the earth, man and the dolphin, each thought they were smarter than the other. Man thought he was smarter because he built many things and did much work, while the dolphins just played all day. The dolphins thought they were smarter for the same reason.

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  Men, Two, Dolphins

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• Murder is a crime. Describing Murder is not. Sex is not a crime. Describing sex is.

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  Sex, Murder, Crime

  Love & Death: A Study in Censorship (1949)

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• Most women loathe limericks, for the same reason that calves hate cookbooks.

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  Hate, Women, Reason

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• Any man that can't find what he is looking for in a thousand women is really looking for a boy.

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  Boys, Men, Thousand

  Gershon Legman (1982). “No laughing matter: an analysis of sexual humor”, Indiana Univ Pr

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