Quotes about Humor
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In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge. Votes: 4
George HerbertHumor is one of the primary tools for liberation. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellHumor, however broad and genial, takes a narrower view than enthusiasm. Votes: 3
Henry David ThoreauHumor writers:1) Write2) Laugh3) Laugh when they write4) Write when they laugh Votes: 3
Ann K. HowleyHumor reminds you, when you're flattened by sorrow, that you're still human. Votes: 3
Elizabeth McCrackenHumor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation. Votes: 3
Viktor E. FranklHumor is proof that everything is going to be all right with God nevertheless. Votes: 3
Charles M. SchulzYou are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance. Votes: 3
W. Somerset Maugham[Humor] could be dicey for a therapist and needs to be used very deftly. Votes: 3
Kelly Carlin-McCallHumor is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite. Votes: 3
Christian MorgensternI want to help people, give hope to all. Humor is the foundation of our lives. Votes: 3
Terry BradshawWe are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment. Votes: 2
Bil KeaneThere is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Votes: 2
Erma BombeckSuppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. Votes: 2
Mark TwainOnly two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Votes: 2
Albert EinsteinGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Votes: 2
Abraham LincolnYou may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it. Votes: 2
Allen KleinI have always found humor in places where humor wasn't necessarily intended. Votes: 0
Silas Weir MitchellAny good humor is sophomoric. 'Sophomoric' is the liberal word for funny. Votes: 0
Michael O'DonoghueGood humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. Votes: 0
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldSurprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth. Votes: 0
Bill WattersonGenerosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor. Votes: 0
Marie von Ebner-EschenbachIt's like geographical humor. You just don't get it unless you were there. Votes: 0
Melina MarchettaA lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor. Votes: 0
Maynard James KeenanNo mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor. Votes: 0
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeI've always used humor, but I use humor when coping with things in general. Votes: 0
Laura Michelle KellyI'm not for gratuitous nudity, but if there's humor, I don't have a problem. Votes: 0
Rebecca RomijnAnyone without a sense of humor is too pretentious to be a good magician. Votes: 0
Anton Szandor LaVeyThe funniest thing about some people is that they have no sense of humor. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantSome of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor. Votes: 0
Julianna BaggottGood humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. Votes: 0
William Makepeace ThackerayEl humor es una de las mejores prendas que se pueden vestir en sociedad.
William Makepeace ThackerayThe naive was only a part of my fairy tales; humor was the real salt in them.
Hans Christian AndersenNo new sect ever had humor; no disciples either, even the disciples of Christ.
Anne Morrow Lindberghhumor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle
Gilbert K. ChestertonI have a black sense of humor. You try living my life, see what color yours turns.
Karen Marie MoningWhy! Why! Why is the middle-class so stodgy - so utterly without a sense of humor?
Katherine MansfieldThe good-humor of a man elated with success often displays itself towards enemies.
Thomas B. MacaulayI think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.
Leila JosefowiczGitha Hariharan's fiction is wonderful-full of subtleties and humor and tenderness.
Michael OndaatjeSense of humor: A thread of illuminated intelligence that links two opposite ideas.
Thomas Lansing MassonI love to write humor. If I could make a living doing it that is all I would write.
W. E. B. GriffinDefinir el humor es como pretender pinchar una mariposa con el palo de un telégrafo
Enrique Jardiel PoncelaPeople don't expect me to have a weird sense of humor, but I do. I'm very eccentric.
Cheyenne JacksonI think it's terribly difficult to take sex seriously if you've got a sense of humor.
Charlotte BinghamWhen I am ever in any situation that's getting too heavy, I lighten it up with humor.
Kelly Carlin-McCallMy memoirs are full of humor, I had to change jokes because it was a little too dark.
Marina AbramovicHoley? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?
J. K. RowlingI love doing meta-humor, as long as it doesn't become too distracting and it's subtle.
Marc GuggenheimI think humor is often a very powerful tool to be able to express ideas that are heavy.
Camille HenrotOur sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated.
J. Oswald SandersTheres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor.
Josh BillingsThere is a close relationship between the "ha-ha" of humor and the "aha!" of discovery.
Roger von OechThe universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.
Candace BushnellNo charm, no humor, no wit -- and a personality which can only be described as 'icky.' .
Conan O'BrienWithout context, things are not scary. Without context, like humor, horror doesn't work.
Guillermo del ToroHumor is when the joke's on you but hits the other fellow first -- before it boomerangs.
Langston HughesHumor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
Mason CooleyHumor is an attitude, a survivor's way of looking at life. It's not about telling jokes.
Michael ShurtleffSi el hombre tuviera más sentido del humor, las cosas podrían haber resultado diferentes
Stanislaw LemHumor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
Barbara MertzI think humor is the best gift, and if you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?
Cameron DiazGood humor and enthusiasm should be the sunshine ahead that will keep that shadow behind.
Charles W. FieldHang onto your sense of humor. I picture my obituary : The sexiest man alive is now dead.
Mark HarmonNo existe nada en el mundo tan irresistiblemente contagioso como la risa y el buen humor.
Charles DickensGood-humor only teaches charms to last, Still makes new conquests and maintains the past.
Alexander PopeWhen you involve people, they come out, you see them, you get to see their sense of humor.
Annie LeibovitzEveryone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions
Criss JamiHalf the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
Don RicklesThe first thing people lose on a diet is their sense of humor. Keep it fun. Keep it light.
Gunnar PetersonYou have to realize that Mel [Gibson], he's a funny guy. He's got a wicked sense of humor.
Keith CarradineSome sarcasm is best told simply. Some humor is best told big and some is best told small.
Kevin HartI like books that are funny, but that aren't trying to be funny. I like situational humor.
Shiloh FernandezHumor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing.
Andre BretonIf by being overstudious, we impair our health and spoil our good humor, let us give it up.
Michel de MontaigneSin endeavors to subject the blessed God to the humor and lust of every person in the world
Stephen CharnockSo long as you have courage and a sense of humor, it is never too late to start life afresh.
Freeman DysonHumor, danger and a twisted tangle of unlikely prophecies make for a page-turning adventure.
Gail Z. MartinThe best point of my novels, I think, is their humor. I want to keep many my works humorous.
Haruki MurakamiRussian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives.
Ian FrazierHumor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don't forget food. You can go a week without laughing.
Joss WhedonGuys usually like my sense of humor, and I am pretty down to earth. And I'm a driven person.
KreayshawnIn the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.
Mignon McLaughlinThere are very few humorists who have written first-rate humor after they've become elderly.
Richard ArmourLa cortesía abarca la ternura sin ñoñeces, el humor y un cierto saber estar en cada ambiente
Fernando SavaterLa potencia intelectual de un hombre se mide por la dosis de humor que es capaz de utilizar.
Friedrich NietzscheLa potencia intelectual de un hombre se mide por la dosis de humor que es capaz de utilizar.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheDer Humor trägt die Seele über Abgründe hinweg und lehrt sie mit ihrem eigenen Leid Spielen.
Feuerbach, AnselmI laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I'm always finding something funny.
Condoleezza RiceFrank Sinatra enjoyed my humor, so I could say almost anything to him. I mean, within reason.
Don RicklesGirls want to be with guys who have a sense of humor-it makes them far more attractive to us.
Drew BarrymoreI find you can often find humor just by turning something upside-down. Like a... small child.
Emo PhilipsHumor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.
George SaundersAny man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.
Harry S. TrumanMy husband is very funny and his humor has gotten us through a lot. He's good at defusing me.
Julie BowenIt's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.
Kirsten DunstBut huge photographs of dead bodies are slightly different. I couldn't find much humor there.
PJ HarveyHumor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom.
Taki TheodoracopulosThe essence of humor is sensibility; warm, tender fellow-feeling with all forms of existence.
Thomas CarlyleMy advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor.
Bowden WyattHumor is the fastest, fleetest way of giving -it can change pain to joy in a mere millisecond.
Stephen G. PostGibt es schließlich eine bessere Form mit dem Leben fertig zu werden, als mit Liebe und Humor?
Dickens, CharlesSehen sie sich um. Die meisten Ehemänner sind der beste Beweis dafür, dass Frauen Humor haben.
Leon, DonnaKeep a sense of humor, that keeps you balanced, and you'll do quite well with it all, I'm sure.
Frederick LenzCultivate," I said, "a sense of humor. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good.
Jerome K. JeromeThe humor is the sort born of ironic necessity; they use it to salve the wounds in insensitity.
Leah Hager CohenYou know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.
Steve IrwinGibt es schließlich eine bessere Form, mit dem Leben fertig zu werden, als mit Liebe und Humor?
Dickens, CharlesDeutscher Humor ist ja ein echter Schlankmacher: Man muß meilenweit laufen, bis man ihn trifft.
Hallervorden, DieterBabys pinkeln dich an und lachen dabei - und dann erinnerst du dich, dass du mal Humor hattest.
McConaughey, MatthewHumor, warm and all-embracing as the sunshine, bathes its objects in a genial and abiding light.
Edwin Percy WhippleHumor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.
Lewis MumfordI come from a long ago era where men could be men and stereotypical humor didn't offend anybody.
Rush LimbaughThe sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
Alice MeynellQueen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.
Carolina HerreraSmiles, like humor, are the most serious and complex forms of communication used by human beings.
Gayle PembertonI am a great believe that your humor is developed at a very early age and it doesn't ever change.
James BobinThere are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.
Joseph JoubertComedy is a very big part of the English culture, the sense of humor; it's a very dominant trait.
Kate BushI don't like being preachy. I think using fun and humor is an excellent way to make people think.
Princess SuperstarMama is funny. She has a great sense of humor and loves a good joke. Loves a practical joke, too.
Reba McEntireIt is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of ShaftesburyA Jazz man should be saying what he feels: humor, sadness, joy... all the things that humans have.
Bob BrookmeyerIt is just fun to play with [in "Mary and Jane"]. I think our sense of humor tends to go that way.
Harry ElfontI'm looking forward to a future where there are roles of greater vulnerability and humor involved.
Kari MatchettI am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor - a very Canadian sense of humor.
Michael BubleHumor is a means of obtaining pleasure in spite of the distressing effects that interface with it.
Sigmund FreudLa imaginación consuela a los hombres de lo que no pueden ser. El humor los consuela de lo que son
Sir Winston ChurchillSome people are commended for a giddy kind of good-humor, which is as much a virtue as drunkenness.
Alexander PopeI had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance.
Bel KaufmanMen's happiness and misery depends altogether as much upon their own humor as it does upon fortune.
Francois de La RochefoucauldIt's easier to sit there and say you don't like feminists because they don't have a sense of humor.
Joan JettBut he wonât let the pain blot out the humor no moreân heâll let the humor blot out the pain.
Ken KeseyArt Modell was a visionary, a deal-maker and a friend. And he possessed a marvelous sense of humor.
Steve TischEl escritor es un hombre sorprendido. El amor es motivo de sorpresa y el humor, un pararrayos vital
Alfredo Bryce EcheniqueLa imaginación consuela a los hombres de lo que no pueden ser. El humor los consuela de lo que son.
Winston ChurchillImagination offers people consolation for what they cannot be, and humor for what they actually are.
Albert CamusI really do believe that anything in life, any obstacle or challenge, can be made better with humor.
Amy PoehlerYou don't have to think really hard to get the joke. I think humor in general appeals to all people.
Dave BarryNot all cartoon humor is just about having bugged-out eyes and tongues flying out of people's heads.
John KricfalusiMen love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it.
Lara Flynn BoyleEl escritor es un hombre sorprendido. El amor es motivo de sorpresa y el humor, un pararrayos vital.
Alfredo Bryce Echenique