HUMOR QUOTES

• Wit is the lowest form of humor.
  ~ Alexander Pope ~
• Righteous people have no sense of humor.
  ~ Bertolt Brecht ~
• No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.
  ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
• 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 ~
• Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
  ~ T. S. Eliot ~
• Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
  ~ William Makepeace Thackeray ~
• Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
  ~ Joseph Addison ~
• Humor is just another defense against the universe.
  ~ Mel Brooks ~
• Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about.
  ~ Amy Poehler ~
• Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about.
  ~ Amy Poehler ~
• It doesn't take many people to have a bad sense of humor to get in trouble at a corporation.
  ~ Scott Adams ~
• It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate.
  ~ Sloane Crosley ~
• It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate.
  ~ Sloane Crosley ~
• I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.
  ~ Sloane Crosley ~
• It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate.
  ~ Sloane Crosley ~
• I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.
  ~ Sloane Crosley ~
• There is nothing like the way people feel after they've seen 'The Intouchables.' They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible. It's intelligent-feeling good. You're not insulted by the low-browness or stupidity of some of the humor. It's so smart and terrific.
  ~ Harvey Weinstein ~
• Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love,' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.
  ~ Harvey Weinstein ~
• There is nothing like the way people feel after they've seen 'The Intouchables.' They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible. It's intelligent-feeling good. You're not insulted by the low-browness or stupidity of some of the humor. It's so smart and terrific.
  ~ Harvey Weinstein ~
• People who know me know I have a sense of humor that can really push the envelope.
  ~ Carmen Electra ~
• I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart.
  ~ Carmen Electra ~
• Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Humor can be one of our best survival tools.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Sometimes it takes ten seconds to see some humor in your dilemmas, sometimes ten years.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets you may not find something to laugh about immediately.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
  ~ Allen Klein ~
• I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.
  ~ Antonio Banderas ~
• People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.
  ~ Gary Oldman ~
• People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.
  ~ Gary Oldman ~
• Mixing humor and politics is something that works.
  ~ Bryan Cranston ~
• Mixing humor and politics is something that works.
  ~ Bryan Cranston ~
• I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release.
  ~ Joaquin Phoenix ~
• I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release.
  ~ Joaquin Phoenix ~
• I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release.
  ~ Joaquin Phoenix ~
• If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
  ~ Xun Zi ~
• The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'
  ~ Adam Carolla ~
• The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'
  ~ Adam Carolla ~
• There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.
  ~ David Duchovny ~
• There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.
  ~ David Duchovny ~
• We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for a time - like the Egyptians with their pyramids, only with children.
  ~ Anne Lamott ~
• We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for a time - like the Egyptians with their pyramids, only with children.
  ~ Anne Lamott ~
• Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.
  ~ Eminem ~
• Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
  ~ Dee Dee Myers ~
• Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
  ~ Aung San Suu Kyi ~
• Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
  ~ Aung San Suu Kyi ~
• I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.
  ~ Katy Perry ~
• I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.
  ~ Katy Perry ~
• I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.
  ~ Katy Perry ~
• It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.
  ~ Rachael Ray ~
• I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor.
  ~ Rachael Ray ~
• It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.
  ~ Rachael Ray ~
• I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor.
  ~ Rachael Ray ~
• From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.
  ~ Samuel Richardson ~
• From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.
  ~ Samuel Richardson ~
• Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.
  ~ Samuel Richardson ~
• Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
  ~ Virginia Woolf ~
• Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
  ~ Bill Cosby ~
• Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
  ~ Bill Cosby ~
• There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
  ~ Bill Cosby ~
• You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
  ~ Bill Cosby ~
• There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
  ~ Bill Cosby ~
• There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
  ~ Bill Cosby ~
• There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
  ~ Bill Cosby ~
• There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
  ~ Bill Cosby ~
• I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.
  ~ Christopher Hitchens ~
• There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
  ~ Erma Bombeck ~
• When humor goes, there goes civilization.
  ~ Erma Bombeck ~
• Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
  ~ William James ~
• Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
  ~ Mason Cooley ~
• There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
  ~ Will Rogers ~
• It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
  ~ Will Rogers ~
• OK, in all seriousness, I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness.
  ~ Jennifer Aniston ~
• OK, in all seriousness, I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness.
  ~ Jennifer Aniston ~
• OK, in all seriousness, I would say I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness.
  ~ Jennifer Aniston ~
• Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.
  ~ Alanis Morissette ~
• In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.
  ~ Alanis Morissette ~
• 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 ~
• Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.
  ~ Thomas Carlyle ~