Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Isaac Asimov, (Jan 2 1920-1992), US science writer, science-fiction writer; He was a prolific non-fiction and SF author who created the robotic laws and the Foundation series.