Quotations on Humor

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Quotations on Humor
Humour or humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humors (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), control human health and emotion.


1. Gags die, humor doesn’t.

2. Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing. -- Mark Twain

3. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. ― Jim Henson

4. The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. ― Albert Einstein

5. The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. ― Terry Pratchett

6. The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you. ― Rita Mae Brown

7. A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road. ― Henry Ward Beecher

8. 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

9. You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. ― Bill Cosby

10. Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. ― Mark Twain

11. Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. ― E. B. White

12. When humor goes, there goes civilization. ― Erma Bombeck

13. The secret to humor is surprise. ― Aristotle

14. I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. ― Frank Howard Clark

15. The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. ― Peter De Vries

16. I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. ― Jerome K. Jerome

17. Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. ― Mark Twain

18. There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. ― Bertrand Russell

19. Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it. ― Langston Hughes

20. Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. ― Mary Hirsch

21. Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. ― Robert Benchley

22. A study of economics reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. ― Marty Allen

23. I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies. ― Lemony Snicket

24. That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you. ― A. Whitney Brown

25. I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. ― Jane Austen

26. When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'. ― Groucho Marx

27. A day without laughter is a day wasted. Charlie Chaplin

28. Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. Steven Wright

29. There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Erma Bombeck

30. If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. Jennifer Jones

31. Humor is just another defense against the universe. Mel Brooks

32. You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it. Allen Klein

33. Laughter is the closest distance between two people. Victor Borge

34. Laughter is an instant vacation. Milton Berle

35. Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival. Aung San Suu Kyi

36. A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. Hugh Sidey

37. Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. W. C. Fields

38. The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings

39. Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. Peter Ustinov

40. Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. Langston Hughes

41.Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. Horace Walpole

42. Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. Simon Wiesenthal

43. Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. Edward de Bono

44. It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious. Bill Hicks

45. It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. Max Eastman

46. Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings. Ellen DeGeneres

47. Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else. Will Rogers

48. Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does. Bill Nye

49. Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. Clive James

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