Humor Quotes

The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - - That is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
James Thurbe
Clifton paul fadiman - a sense of humor is the ability to understand a...
We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.
Bobby Clarke
Bertolt brecht - righteous people have no sense of humor....
Nothing makes your sense of humor disappear faster than having somebody ask you where it is.
Ivern Ball
Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
Edward De Bono
I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities - A sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
Leo C. Rosten
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - - That is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
James Thurbe
A humorist is a fellow who realizes, first, that he is no better than anybody else, and, second, that nobody else is either.
Homer McLin
Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth - A sense of humor.
Author Unknown
Freeman john dyson - it is characteristic of all deep human problems...
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
Dwight D. Eisenhowe
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
Agnes Repplie
Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
E. B. White
A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
Jessamyn West
If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
Jennifer Jones
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their pedestals.
Agnes Repplie
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laugther, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
Thomas Carlyle
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
E. B. White
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Alexander Pope
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself.
James Thurbe
Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists life would be one long Congressional Record.
Tom Masson
It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.
Shaftesbury
Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention. But it has no persuasive value at all.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Humor - The perfect relationship of the parts to the whole.
Author Unknown
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs - - Jolted by every pebble in the road.
Henry Ward Beeche
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Mark Twain
A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.
Mignon McLaughlin
The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor.
Margo Kaufman
He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor.
Bill Bryson
Humor the sons of the poor, for they give science its splendor.
The Talmud
WARNING Humor may be hazardous to your illness.
Ellie Katz
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
Clive James
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
Robert Benchley
Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that humor excites in those who lack it.
George Saintsbury
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
William Makepeace Thackery
A well - Developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
William Arthur Ward
A great step toward independence is a good humored stomach.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective an awareness that some things are really important, others not and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.
Christopher Morley