"There are three things that are real--God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond [full] comprehension, so we must do what we can with the third."
This quote sets the overall theme of the book. I chose it because it hooks together the tapestry that is woven as the book's characters go through their individual trails and tribulations. And it also talks about using "laughter" as a tool. I chose the quote after writing the book and choosing the title. I hadn't heard it previously. I feel it's so apropros to the storyline that it's like Kennedy said it way back then just so I'd have it available to use at this time.
But then I found out that another writer was also given credit as the originator of the quote: Aubrey Menen. I found out about this when I read a book my sister, Zora Lathan, edited ("Survival Kit for Everyday Life"). She said in her book that she gave the credit to Menen rather than Kennedy because she felt, as often happens, that the lesser-known person says something first, but then it's only when a famous person says it that it becomes well known and the famous person gets the credit. Do you agree?
As an aside, Mutual of Omaha and Harpo Productions ran into a problem with this
when Harpo wanted Mutual to stop using the phrase in its marketing, claiming that Oprah coined it first. Didn't work. Mutual had done it's patent filings about the phrase, so Harpo was prevented from claiming it as one of their trademarked slogans.
This quote sets the overall theme of the book. I chose it because it hooks together the tapestry that is woven as the book's characters go through their individual trails and tribulations. And it also talks about using "laughter" as a tool. I chose the quote after writing the book and choosing the title. I hadn't heard it previously. I feel it's so apropros to the storyline that it's like Kennedy said it way back then just so I'd have it available to use at this time.
But then I found out that another writer was also given credit as the originator of the quote: Aubrey Menen. I found out about this when I read a book my sister, Zora Lathan, edited ("Survival Kit for Everyday Life"). She said in her book that she gave the credit to Menen rather than Kennedy because she felt, as often happens, that the lesser-known person says something first, but then it's only when a famous person says it that it becomes well known and the famous person gets the credit. Do you agree?
As an aside, Mutual of Omaha and Harpo Productions ran into a problem with this
when Harpo wanted Mutual to stop using the phrase in its marketing, claiming that Oprah coined it first. Didn't work. Mutual had done it's patent filings about the phrase, so Harpo was prevented from claiming it as one of their trademarked slogans.
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