| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
81.26 |
1.1014 |
0.4106 |
273 |
1 |
81.26 |
2015-01-28 |
| 2. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
76.96 |
1.1114 |
0.2814 |
247 |
5 |
56.61 |
2015-01-28 |
| 3. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
75.84 |
0.9653 |
0.4180 |
394 |
2 |
63.47 |
2015-01-28 |
| 4. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
75.61 |
1.0429 |
0.3265 |
259 |
4 |
59.44 |
2015-01-28 |
| 5. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
73.22 |
0.9289 |
0.3959 |
204 |
2 |
59.92 |
2015-01-28 |
| 6. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
72.49 |
1.0346 |
0.3211 |
244 |
1 |
72.49 |
2012-10-06 |
| 7. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
72.13 |
1.0496 |
0.2568 |
314 |
3 |
58.15 |
2015-01-28 |
| 8. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
71.25 |
0.9769 |
0.3120 |
263 |
5 |
53.06 |
2015-01-28 |
| 9. |
The old man told us to go back to other parts of the yard, b... |
71.17 |
1.0572 |
0.2418 |
263 |
1 |
71.17 |
2018-09-10 |
| 10. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
70.01 |
1.0767 |
0.1894 |
212 |
1 |
70.01 |
2015-01-28 |
| 11. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
69.83 |
0.9430 |
0.3249 |
297 |
1 |
69.83 |
2015-01-28 |
| 12. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
68.47 |
0.9941 |
0.2436 |
217 |
4 |
59.27 |
2010-11-06 |
| 13. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
67.98 |
1.0252 |
0.1995 |
176 |
7 |
53.57 |
2015-01-28 |
| 14. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
67.69 |
1.0788 |
0.1415 |
171 |
5 |
52.81 |
2015-01-28 |
| 15. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
67.47 |
1.0240 |
0.1952 |
256 |
2 |
63.24 |
2011-04-01 |
| 16. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
67.41 |
1.0419 |
0.1788 |
261 |
4 |
50.25 |
2015-01-28 |
| 17. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
66.98 |
0.9710 |
0.2354 |
173 |
5 |
56.21 |
2010-04-21 |
| 18. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
66.18 |
0.9429 |
0.2566 |
287 |
2 |
58.01 |
2015-01-28 |
| 19. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
66.10 |
1.0711 |
0.1206 |
213 |
4 |
56.25 |
2010-11-06 |
| 20. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
65.70 |
1.0516 |
0.1374 |
281 |
1 |
65.70 |
2011-04-01 |
| 21. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
65.61 |
1.0398 |
0.1375 |
110 |
5 |
57.05 |
2008-12-11 |
| 22. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
65.44 |
1.0125 |
0.1699 |
224 |
1 |
65.44 |
2013-11-30 |
| 23. |
And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who though... |
65.41 |
0.9936 |
0.2106 |
227 |
2 |
64.72 |
2015-01-28 |
| 24. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
64.73 |
1.1162 |
0.0965 |
189 |
1 |
64.73 |
2011-02-17 |
| 25. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
64.62 |
1.0613 |
0.1093 |
266 |
2 |
59.73 |
2010-04-21 |
| 26. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
64.61 |
0.9790 |
0.2311 |
311 |
1 |
64.61 |
2012-10-06 |
| 27. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
64.50 |
0.9805 |
0.1916 |
292 |
2 |
51.96 |
2012-10-06 |
| 28. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
64.42 |
1.0523 |
0.1094 |
256 |
3 |
52.48 |
2012-10-06 |
| 29. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
64.34 |
0.9646 |
0.1991 |
264 |
5 |
50.98 |
2011-04-01 |
| 30. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
64.23 |
0.9430 |
0.2122 |
211 |
3 |
47.70 |
2015-01-28 |
| 31. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
64.14 |
1.0063 |
0.1550 |
371 |
3 |
58.02 |
2015-01-28 |
| 32. |
I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instea... |
63.82 |
0.9554 |
0.1795 |
496 |
1 |
63.82 |
2018-09-10 |
| 33. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
63.82 |
0.9365 |
0.2199 |
248 |
1 |
63.82 |
2015-01-28 |
| 34. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
63.81 |
0.9965 |
0.1536 |
168 |
7 |
55.84 |
2010-04-21 |
| 35. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
63.58 |
1.1081 |
0.0772 |
206 |
1 |
63.58 |
2011-04-01 |
| 36. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
63.14 |
0.9359 |
0.2462 |
353 |
1 |
63.14 |
2015-01-28 |
| 37. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
63.08 |
1.0331 |
0.1062 |
234 |
1 |
63.08 |
2008-11-25 |
| 38. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
62.99 |
0.9731 |
0.1543 |
129 |
4 |
51.71 |
2010-11-06 |
| 39. |
I've been thinking lots about my life and how quick I'd wash... |
62.95 |
1.0533 |
0.1124 |
257 |
1 |
62.95 |
2012-10-06 |
| 40. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
62.85 |
1.0361 |
0.1022 |
269 |
1 |
62.85 |
2015-01-28 |
| 41. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
62.72 |
0.9426 |
0.1954 |
317 |
2 |
53.47 |
2011-04-01 |
| 42. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
62.61 |
1.0799 |
0.0493 |
243 |
2 |
54.83 |
2010-11-06 |
| 43. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
62.61 |
1.0379 |
0.1299 |
245 |
1 |
62.61 |
2011-02-17 |
| 44. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
62.60 |
1.0168 |
0.1173 |
271 |
1 |
62.60 |
2011-02-17 |
| 45. |
I think you're gonna find - when all this stuff is over and ... |
62.52 |
1.0615 |
0.0950 |
305 |
1 |
62.52 |
2011-08-13 |
| 46. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
62.35 |
0.9756 |
0.1512 |
229 |
5 |
50.24 |
2010-11-06 |
| 47. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
62.17 |
0.9464 |
0.1835 |
323 |
1 |
62.17 |
2015-01-28 |
| 48. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
62.15 |
1.0417 |
0.0803 |
253 |
4 |
55.53 |
2010-11-06 |
| 49. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
61.96 |
0.9912 |
0.1567 |
237 |
1 |
61.96 |
2011-04-01 |
| 50. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
61.41 |
1.0077 |
0.1445 |
250 |
2 |
57.98 |
2011-02-17 |
| 51. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
61.18 |
0.9698 |
0.1698 |
397 |
1 |
61.18 |
2013-11-30 |
| 52. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
61.13 |
1.0885 |
0.0206 |
315 |
3 |
54.34 |
2008-12-19 |
| 53. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
60.94 |
1.0795 |
0.0533 |
226 |
1 |
60.94 |
2009-10-29 |
| 54. |
For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? O... |
60.77 |
1.0109 |
0.0937 |
244 |
1 |
60.77 |
2018-09-10 |
| 55. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
60.69 |
1.0131 |
0.0808 |
225 |
2 |
55.67 |
2015-01-28 |
| 56. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
60.36 |
1.0016 |
0.0855 |
218 |
4 |
56.19 |
2009-06-17 |
| 57. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
60.25 |
1.0740 |
0.0540 |
264 |
1 |
60.25 |
2010-11-06 |
| 58. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
60.25 |
0.9905 |
0.1306 |
337 |
1 |
60.25 |
2015-01-28 |
| 59. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
59.88 |
1.0232 |
0.0953 |
236 |
1 |
59.88 |
2015-01-28 |
| 60. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
59.46 |
0.9886 |
0.0892 |
220 |
3 |
54.70 |
2009-10-29 |
| 61. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
59.39 |
1.0012 |
0.0761 |
260 |
1 |
59.39 |
2011-04-01 |
| 62. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
59.24 |
0.9665 |
0.1540 |
326 |
1 |
59.24 |
2015-01-28 |
| 63. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
59.24 |
0.9572 |
0.1129 |
201 |
2 |
56.22 |
2009-02-06 |
| 64. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
59.11 |
1.0477 |
0.0235 |
360 |
4 |
54.53 |
2011-02-17 |
| 65. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
58.97 |
1.0528 |
0.0085 |
201 |
2 |
55.26 |
2009-10-29 |
| 66. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
58.77 |
1.0565 |
0.0035 |
247 |
2 |
56.37 |
2009-04-20 |
| 67. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
58.71 |
0.9893 |
0.0723 |
323 |
1 |
58.71 |
2010-11-06 |
| 68. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
58.67 |
0.9127 |
0.1458 |
252 |
1 |
58.67 |
2015-01-28 |
| 69. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
58.40 |
1.0004 |
0.0494 |
212 |
4 |
49.74 |
2011-04-01 |
| 70. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
58.32 |
1.0396 |
0.0076 |
149 |
3 |
53.91 |
2009-10-29 |
| 71. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
58.30 |
0.9894 |
0.0690 |
323 |
3 |
52.34 |
2010-11-06 |
| 72. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
58.20 |
1.0197 |
0.0296 |
226 |
4 |
49.16 |
2010-11-06 |
| 73. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
57.90 |
0.9682 |
0.0766 |
143 |
2 |
53.88 |
2015-01-28 |
| 74. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
57.89 |
1.0257 |
0.0272 |
401 |
3 |
50.06 |
2009-06-17 |
| 75. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
57.79 |
0.9795 |
0.0652 |
308 |
2 |
51.38 |
2015-01-28 |
| 76. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
57.71 |
1.0399 |
0.0085 |
294 |
2 |
51.10 |
2011-08-13 |
| 77. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
57.70 |
0.8935 |
0.1592 |
328 |
2 |
51.72 |
2008-12-18 |
| 78. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
57.66 |
0.9899 |
0.0477 |
163 |
2 |
53.32 |
2008-12-18 |
| 79. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
57.61 |
0.9636 |
0.0777 |
254 |
3 |
51.45 |
2011-02-17 |
| 80. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
57.44 |
0.9691 |
0.0687 |
223 |
4 |
47.78 |
2008-12-19 |
| 81. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
57.35 |
1.0385 |
-0.0037 |
230 |
1 |
57.35 |
2009-06-17 |
| 82. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
57.27 |
0.8520 |
0.1841 |
202 |
1 |
57.27 |
2011-08-13 |
| 83. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
57.25 |
0.9675 |
0.0768 |
383 |
1 |
57.25 |
2010-11-06 |
| 84. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
57.25 |
0.9833 |
0.0531 |
355 |
1 |
57.25 |
2010-11-06 |
| 85. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
57.22 |
0.9966 |
0.0371 |
259 |
3 |
51.73 |
2009-02-02 |
| 86. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
57.07 |
1.0917 |
-0.0367 |
243 |
1 |
57.07 |
2010-11-06 |
| 87. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
57.05 |
0.9740 |
0.0530 |
209 |
7 |
52.76 |
2011-04-01 |
| 88. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
57.00 |
0.9884 |
0.0410 |
233 |
2 |
52.44 |
2009-04-17 |
| 89. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
56.92 |
0.9612 |
0.0676 |
256 |
4 |
51.50 |
2009-10-29 |
| 90. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
56.68 |
0.9372 |
0.0912 |
320 |
1 |
56.68 |
2009-10-31 |
| 91. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
56.65 |
0.9120 |
0.1450 |
436 |
1 |
56.65 |
2011-08-13 |
| 92. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
56.57 |
0.9881 |
0.0748 |
424 |
1 |
56.57 |
2011-08-13 |
| 93. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
56.56 |
0.9866 |
0.0319 |
218 |
4 |
49.42 |
2008-11-21 |
| 94. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
56.53 |
1.0619 |
-0.0367 |
354 |
6 |
52.52 |
2008-11-21 |
| 95. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
56.47 |
1.0263 |
-0.0066 |
267 |
1 |
56.47 |
2008-12-11 |
| 96. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
56.44 |
1.0029 |
0.0107 |
209 |
2 |
53.27 |
2009-04-20 |
| 97. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
56.41 |
1.0389 |
-0.0171 |
340 |
2 |
53.00 |
2008-12-12 |
| 98. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
56.32 |
0.9567 |
0.0609 |
273 |
4 |
48.16 |
2008-12-18 |
| 99. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
56.27 |
1.1018 |
-0.0913 |
220 |
2 |
53.13 |
2008-11-16 |
| 100. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
56.27 |
0.9699 |
0.0464 |
269 |
1 |
56.27 |
2009-06-19 |
| 101. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
56.20 |
0.9785 |
0.0403 |
335 |
3 |
47.83 |
2008-12-19 |
| 102. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
56.14 |
0.9084 |
0.1079 |
300 |
4 |
45.11 |
2008-12-19 |
| 103. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
56.12 |
1.0390 |
-0.0287 |
205 |
2 |
51.66 |
2009-10-29 |
| 104. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
56.03 |
1.0696 |
-0.0606 |
226 |
3 |
50.86 |
2011-04-01 |
| 105. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
55.94 |
1.0487 |
-0.0429 |
231 |
5 |
49.02 |
2009-04-20 |
| 106. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
55.92 |
1.0109 |
0.0325 |
400 |
1 |
55.92 |
2011-02-17 |
| 107. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
55.91 |
1.0596 |
-0.0514 |
239 |
2 |
51.45 |
2008-12-02 |
| 108. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
55.83 |
1.0095 |
-0.0018 |
316 |
2 |
54.80 |
2009-06-17 |
| 109. |
We can now get these kids to buy just about anything. We can... |
55.77 |
1.0627 |
-0.0604 |
193 |
1 |
55.77 |
2018-09-10 |
| 110. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
55.76 |
0.9125 |
0.0968 |
308 |
3 |
47.64 |
2009-06-19 |
| 111. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
55.73 |
0.9965 |
0.0108 |
310 |
2 |
50.21 |
2012-10-06 |
| 112. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
55.65 |
0.9109 |
0.0972 |
401 |
3 |
49.33 |
2008-11-25 |
| 113. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
55.52 |
0.8890 |
0.1105 |
199 |
1 |
55.52 |
2011-08-13 |
| 114. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
55.38 |
0.9729 |
0.0279 |
255 |
4 |
51.40 |
2008-12-24 |
| 115. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
55.33 |
0.9910 |
0.0106 |
295 |
3 |
51.96 |
2010-11-06 |
| 116. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
55.26 |
0.9884 |
0.0143 |
262 |
2 |
53.65 |
2008-12-02 |
| 117. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
55.18 |
0.9852 |
0.0120 |
264 |
5 |
49.75 |
2011-02-17 |
| 118. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
55.05 |
0.9997 |
-0.0016 |
382 |
5 |
45.69 |
2009-04-20 |
| 119. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
54.98 |
1.0023 |
-0.0109 |
211 |
2 |
53.32 |
2009-10-31 |
| 120. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
54.84 |
1.0167 |
-0.0192 |
378 |
6 |
51.41 |
2009-04-20 |
| 121. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
54.78 |
1.0352 |
-0.0430 |
341 |
6 |
51.35 |
2008-12-19 |
| 122. |
Look, a guy who builds a nice chair doesn't owe money to eve... |
54.71 |
0.9251 |
0.0268 |
149 |
1 |
54.71 |
2018-09-10 |
| 123. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
54.68 |
0.9780 |
0.0108 |
337 |
4 |
48.75 |
2009-04-20 |
| 124. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
54.27 |
1.0462 |
-0.0720 |
184 |
4 |
48.97 |
2009-08-05 |
| 125. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
54.24 |
0.9865 |
-0.0057 |
276 |
5 |
49.40 |
2008-12-11 |
| 126. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
54.18 |
0.9724 |
0.0098 |
237 |
4 |
51.93 |
2009-04-20 |
| 127. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
54.15 |
1.0053 |
-0.0292 |
232 |
1 |
54.15 |
2009-04-20 |
| 128. |
Danger is a topic you're often asked about as a sprinter. Th... |
54.13 |
0.9801 |
0.0399 |
428 |
1 |
54.13 |
2011-02-17 |
| 129. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
54.11 |
0.9991 |
-0.0213 |
225 |
3 |
53.13 |
2009-10-29 |
| 130. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
53.97 |
0.9293 |
0.0463 |
355 |
1 |
53.97 |
2008-12-02 |
| 131. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
53.92 |
0.9946 |
-0.0209 |
246 |
2 |
52.39 |
2008-12-11 |
| 132. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
53.89 |
0.9570 |
0.0180 |
287 |
3 |
46.86 |
2008-12-13 |
| 133. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
53.79 |
1.0426 |
-0.0718 |
323 |
1 |
53.79 |
2008-11-07 |
| 134. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
53.75 |
0.9072 |
0.0619 |
237 |
3 |
51.40 |
2008-11-22 |
| 135. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
53.60 |
0.9084 |
0.0637 |
404 |
3 |
48.40 |
2008-12-12 |
| 136. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
53.57 |
0.9064 |
0.0703 |
399 |
1 |
53.57 |
2009-10-29 |
| 137. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
53.32 |
0.8947 |
0.0731 |
366 |
6 |
49.55 |
2009-01-10 |
| 138. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
53.25 |
0.9509 |
0.0491 |
225 |
1 |
53.25 |
2011-08-13 |
| 139. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
53.24 |
1.0340 |
-0.0674 |
406 |
4 |
49.18 |
2008-12-12 |
| 140. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
53.16 |
0.9851 |
-0.0229 |
317 |
3 |
51.73 |
2008-11-10 |
| 141. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
53.15 |
1.0334 |
-0.0801 |
131 |
3 |
50.63 |
2008-12-10 |
| 142. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
53.12 |
0.9213 |
0.0384 |
295 |
1 |
53.12 |
2008-11-07 |
| 143. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
53.11 |
1.0483 |
-0.0923 |
227 |
3 |
47.97 |
2009-04-20 |
| 144. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
53.11 |
0.9342 |
0.0283 |
434 |
3 |
47.72 |
2009-06-19 |
| 145. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
53.02 |
0.9309 |
0.0246 |
284 |
1 |
53.02 |
2009-02-02 |
| 146. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
53.00 |
0.8442 |
0.1168 |
265 |
2 |
51.89 |
2009-02-02 |
| 147. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
52.99 |
0.9768 |
-0.0174 |
387 |
5 |
48.38 |
2009-02-02 |
| 148. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
52.97 |
1.0993 |
-0.1449 |
265 |
2 |
50.37 |
2008-11-06 |
| 149. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
52.92 |
0.8595 |
0.0979 |
242 |
2 |
47.58 |
2009-02-06 |
| 150. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
52.87 |
1.0214 |
-0.0721 |
166 |
1 |
52.87 |
2008-11-09 |
| 151. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
52.76 |
0.9857 |
-0.0341 |
293 |
1 |
52.76 |
2008-12-11 |
| 152. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
52.69 |
0.8573 |
0.0977 |
270 |
6 |
48.42 |
2009-04-20 |
| 153. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
52.64 |
1.0060 |
-0.0603 |
171 |
1 |
52.64 |
2008-11-14 |
| 154. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
52.60 |
1.0498 |
-0.1049 |
180 |
4 |
51.02 |
2008-12-11 |
| 155. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
52.55 |
1.0714 |
-0.1315 |
129 |
2 |
52.51 |
2008-11-24 |
| 156. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
52.53 |
1.0445 |
-0.0952 |
373 |
2 |
48.65 |
2010-11-06 |
| 157. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
52.49 |
1.0138 |
-0.0665 |
231 |
3 |
48.95 |
2008-11-16 |
| 158. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
52.43 |
0.9148 |
0.0332 |
317 |
4 |
45.66 |
2008-12-11 |
| 159. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
52.40 |
1.0349 |
-0.0895 |
234 |
2 |
50.71 |
2008-11-21 |
| 160. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
52.19 |
0.9763 |
-0.0346 |
289 |
2 |
46.00 |
2008-12-16 |
| 161. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
52.19 |
0.8753 |
0.0761 |
427 |
1 |
52.19 |
2010-11-06 |
| 162. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
52.17 |
0.9279 |
0.0204 |
317 |
1 |
52.17 |
2011-02-17 |
| 163. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
52.12 |
1.0774 |
-0.1071 |
304 |
1 |
52.12 |
2011-08-13 |
| 164. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
52.08 |
1.0352 |
-0.0919 |
341 |
4 |
48.24 |
2009-04-20 |
| 165. |
Try to keep in mind that a young person playing Willy Loman ... |
52.07 |
1.0567 |
-0.1128 |
236 |
1 |
52.07 |
2018-09-10 |
| 166. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
52.06 |
1.0668 |
-0.1245 |
350 |
1 |
52.06 |
2008-11-14 |
| 167. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
52.05 |
1.0787 |
-0.1404 |
237 |
1 |
52.05 |
2008-11-10 |
| 168. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
52.00 |
0.9266 |
0.0139 |
278 |
5 |
46.93 |
2008-12-11 |
| 169. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
51.93 |
0.9500 |
-0.0104 |
362 |
3 |
50.15 |
2009-06-17 |
| 170. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
51.63 |
0.9846 |
-0.0537 |
281 |
2 |
47.70 |
2008-11-16 |
| 171. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
51.50 |
1.0796 |
-0.1548 |
129 |
4 |
47.51 |
2008-12-11 |
| 172. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
51.49 |
1.0368 |
-0.1065 |
276 |
2 |
49.60 |
2008-11-24 |
| 173. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
51.46 |
1.0099 |
-0.0840 |
207 |
1 |
51.46 |
2008-11-16 |
| 174. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
51.34 |
0.9202 |
0.0058 |
254 |
2 |
49.87 |
2008-12-19 |
| 175. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
51.31 |
0.9351 |
-0.0145 |
190 |
7 |
44.25 |
2008-12-19 |
| 176. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
51.29 |
0.9820 |
-0.0535 |
267 |
3 |
48.45 |
2009-04-20 |
| 177. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
51.22 |
1.0515 |
-0.1289 |
250 |
3 |
47.40 |
2008-12-19 |
| 178. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
51.10 |
0.9576 |
-0.0307 |
212 |
3 |
49.13 |
2008-12-19 |
| 179. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
50.94 |
1.0013 |
-0.0829 |
273 |
2 |
49.66 |
2008-11-22 |
| 180. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
50.94 |
0.8810 |
0.0391 |
282 |
4 |
47.08 |
2008-11-20 |
| 181. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
50.90 |
0.9776 |
-0.0588 |
308 |
3 |
46.75 |
2008-12-02 |
| 182. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
50.75 |
1.0214 |
-0.1072 |
269 |
2 |
49.06 |
2008-12-12 |
| 183. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
50.71 |
1.0251 |
-0.1122 |
261 |
1 |
50.71 |
2008-11-10 |
| 184. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
50.71 |
1.0296 |
-0.1081 |
437 |
3 |
50.02 |
2009-04-20 |
| 185. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
50.71 |
1.0062 |
-0.0911 |
288 |
1 |
50.71 |
2008-12-02 |
| 186. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
50.70 |
1.0441 |
-0.1277 |
252 |
1 |
50.70 |
2008-11-07 |
| 187. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
50.66 |
0.8852 |
0.0311 |
201 |
2 |
48.69 |
2008-11-20 |
| 188. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
50.60 |
0.9281 |
-0.0099 |
273 |
2 |
49.39 |
2008-12-11 |
| 189. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
50.58 |
1.0261 |
-0.1153 |
273 |
5 |
48.23 |
2009-02-06 |
| 190. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
50.52 |
0.9843 |
-0.0777 |
234 |
3 |
47.40 |
2008-12-11 |
| 191. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
50.50 |
0.9540 |
-0.0445 |
285 |
2 |
48.56 |
2008-12-11 |
| 192. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
50.37 |
0.9871 |
-0.0560 |
227 |
1 |
50.37 |
2010-11-06 |
| 193. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
50.37 |
0.9936 |
-0.0850 |
311 |
4 |
45.40 |
2008-12-10 |
| 194. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
50.33 |
0.9635 |
-0.0499 |
389 |
1 |
50.33 |
2009-02-02 |
| 195. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
50.15 |
0.9330 |
-0.0215 |
360 |
3 |
47.29 |
2009-04-20 |
| 196. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
50.15 |
0.8961 |
0.0054 |
189 |
3 |
47.21 |
2009-02-06 |
| 197. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
50.11 |
0.9048 |
0.0039 |
271 |
2 |
49.12 |
2008-11-14 |
| 198. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
50.05 |
1.1016 |
-0.1985 |
233 |
1 |
50.05 |
2008-11-14 |
| 199. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
49.96 |
1.0124 |
-0.1134 |
204 |
1 |
49.96 |
2008-11-16 |
| 200. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
49.90 |
0.9168 |
-0.0152 |
240 |
3 |
45.20 |
2008-11-24 |
| 201. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
49.80 |
0.9005 |
-0.0035 |
212 |
3 |
45.38 |
2009-10-31 |
| 202. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
49.78 |
0.9697 |
-0.0714 |
249 |
3 |
48.75 |
2009-02-06 |
| 203. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
49.72 |
1.0389 |
-0.1402 |
318 |
1 |
49.72 |
2008-12-02 |
| 204. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
49.68 |
1.0120 |
-0.1165 |
290 |
4 |
47.15 |
2008-12-11 |
| 205. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
49.63 |
0.9597 |
-0.0602 |
347 |
3 |
48.70 |
2008-12-18 |
| 206. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
49.54 |
0.9234 |
-0.0243 |
346 |
1 |
49.54 |
2008-11-14 |
| 207. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
49.48 |
0.8956 |
0.0016 |
322 |
3 |
46.68 |
2009-10-31 |
| 208. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
49.42 |
0.9619 |
-0.0652 |
393 |
2 |
48.90 |
2008-11-17 |
| 209. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
49.38 |
0.9672 |
-0.0699 |
396 |
2 |
47.38 |
2009-06-19 |
| 210. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
49.33 |
0.9468 |
-0.0574 |
276 |
4 |
45.75 |
2008-12-02 |
| 211. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
49.22 |
1.0567 |
-0.1682 |
303 |
1 |
49.22 |
2008-11-16 |
| 212. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
49.18 |
1.0337 |
-0.1472 |
214 |
5 |
46.59 |
2010-11-06 |
| 213. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
49.01 |
0.9514 |
-0.0671 |
237 |
3 |
45.89 |
2008-12-13 |
| 214. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
48.82 |
0.9684 |
-0.0852 |
388 |
2 |
46.26 |
2009-02-06 |
| 215. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
48.80 |
0.9164 |
-0.0314 |
305 |
1 |
48.80 |
2008-12-10 |
| 216. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
48.79 |
1.0486 |
-0.1678 |
289 |
2 |
47.83 |
2008-12-09 |
| 217. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
48.79 |
1.0534 |
-0.1712 |
357 |
2 |
47.55 |
2008-12-01 |
| 218. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
48.70 |
0.9786 |
-0.1055 |
193 |
3 |
46.95 |
2008-12-18 |
| 219. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
48.68 |
0.8811 |
0.0015 |
239 |
1 |
48.68 |
2008-12-02 |
| 220. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
48.64 |
0.9286 |
-0.0524 |
194 |
2 |
46.67 |
2008-11-20 |
| 221. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
48.56 |
0.9994 |
-0.0930 |
269 |
1 |
48.56 |
2018-09-10 |
| 222. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
48.46 |
1.0529 |
-0.1791 |
351 |
2 |
47.95 |
2008-11-09 |
| 223. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
48.43 |
0.9233 |
-0.0582 |
168 |
1 |
48.43 |
2008-10-30 |
| 224. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
47.97 |
0.9863 |
-0.1169 |
339 |
2 |
47.40 |
2008-12-18 |
| 225. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
47.90 |
1.0213 |
-0.1608 |
240 |
1 |
47.90 |
2008-11-14 |
| 226. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
47.86 |
0.9088 |
-0.0406 |
348 |
2 |
45.92 |
2008-11-21 |
| 227. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
47.70 |
1.0595 |
-0.1970 |
379 |
1 |
47.70 |
2008-11-06 |
| 228. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
47.68 |
0.8553 |
-0.0007 |
174 |
1 |
47.68 |
2008-11-07 |
| 229. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
47.63 |
1.0201 |
-0.1573 |
375 |
1 |
47.63 |
2009-04-20 |
| 230. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
47.41 |
0.9212 |
-0.0632 |
323 |
2 |
44.72 |
2008-11-21 |
| 231. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
47.26 |
0.8933 |
-0.0349 |
363 |
1 |
47.26 |
2008-12-02 |
| 232. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
47.18 |
0.8826 |
-0.0307 |
296 |
2 |
45.67 |
2009-02-02 |
| 233. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
46.95 |
0.9339 |
-0.0891 |
310 |
1 |
46.95 |
2008-11-14 |
| 234. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
46.95 |
0.9068 |
-0.0575 |
269 |
1 |
46.95 |
2008-11-16 |
| 235. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
46.82 |
0.9811 |
-0.1345 |
272 |
2 |
46.19 |
2008-12-12 |
| 236. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
46.76 |
0.9578 |
-0.1155 |
281 |
1 |
46.76 |
2008-11-20 |
| 237. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
46.73 |
0.8105 |
0.0275 |
204 |
1 |
46.73 |
2008-12-11 |
| 238. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
46.73 |
1.0025 |
-0.1593 |
336 |
2 |
43.93 |
2008-11-05 |
| 239. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
46.70 |
0.9278 |
-0.0834 |
295 |
1 |
46.70 |
2008-12-18 |
| 240. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
46.58 |
1.0025 |
-0.1631 |
256 |
1 |
46.58 |
2008-11-16 |
| 241. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
46.48 |
0.9754 |
-0.1316 |
362 |
2 |
37.52 |
2008-12-02 |
| 242. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
46.45 |
0.9601 |
-0.1182 |
308 |
1 |
46.45 |
2008-11-28 |
| 243. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
46.06 |
0.9758 |
-0.1451 |
314 |
4 |
41.34 |
2008-11-20 |
| 244. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
45.96 |
0.8722 |
-0.0411 |
285 |
2 |
43.35 |
2008-11-09 |
| 245. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
45.94 |
0.9266 |
-0.0987 |
267 |
2 |
35.82 |
2009-02-06 |
| 246. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
45.91 |
0.9986 |
-0.1707 |
283 |
1 |
45.91 |
2008-11-07 |
| 247. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
45.78 |
0.8533 |
-0.0273 |
232 |
2 |
39.20 |
2008-11-17 |
| 248. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
45.52 |
0.9049 |
-0.0794 |
351 |
1 |
45.52 |
2009-04-20 |
| 249. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
45.51 |
0.9772 |
-0.1607 |
217 |
1 |
45.51 |
2008-10-30 |
| 250. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
45.16 |
1.0555 |
-0.2405 |
363 |
1 |
45.16 |
2008-11-14 |
| 251. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
45.04 |
0.9527 |
-0.1414 |
251 |
1 |
45.04 |
2008-11-03 |
| 252. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
44.86 |
1.0034 |
-0.1968 |
302 |
1 |
44.86 |
2008-11-20 |
| 253. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
44.63 |
1.0289 |
-0.2206 |
276 |
2 |
41.52 |
2008-12-13 |
| 254. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
43.73 |
0.8941 |
-0.1047 |
216 |
1 |
43.73 |
2008-11-17 |
| 255. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
43.69 |
0.9485 |
-0.1601 |
236 |
1 |
43.69 |
2008-12-18 |
| 256. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
43.51 |
0.8353 |
-0.0444 |
283 |
1 |
43.51 |
2008-11-09 |
| 257. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
43.50 |
0.8382 |
-0.0545 |
268 |
1 |
43.50 |
2008-11-03 |
| 258. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
43.26 |
0.8971 |
-0.1130 |
266 |
2 |
42.23 |
2008-12-18 |
| 259. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
43.03 |
0.9734 |
-0.1991 |
289 |
1 |
43.03 |
2008-11-16 |
| 260. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
42.99 |
0.9593 |
-0.1808 |
398 |
1 |
42.99 |
2008-11-16 |
| 261. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
42.82 |
0.9841 |
-0.2096 |
334 |
1 |
42.82 |
2008-11-14 |
| 262. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
42.65 |
0.8996 |
-0.1375 |
192 |
1 |
42.65 |
2009-02-06 |
| 263. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
42.45 |
0.9461 |
-0.1859 |
193 |
1 |
42.45 |
2011-03-29 |
| 264. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
42.23 |
1.0201 |
-0.2598 |
303 |
2 |
38.88 |
2008-11-07 |
| 265. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
42.14 |
0.8602 |
-0.1041 |
206 |
1 |
42.14 |
2008-11-16 |
| 266. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
41.74 |
1.0577 |
-0.3102 |
247 |
1 |
41.74 |
2008-11-21 |
| 267. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
39.80 |
0.9045 |
-0.1887 |
235 |
1 |
39.80 |
2008-12-11 |
| 268. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
39.33 |
0.8975 |
-0.1901 |
268 |
1 |
39.33 |
2008-11-09 |
| 269. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
39.17 |
0.9649 |
-0.2621 |
193 |
1 |
39.17 |
2008-11-07 |
| 270. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
36.81 |
0.8951 |
-0.2322 |
193 |
1 |
36.81 |
2008-11-09 |