Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
James Thurber
Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.
James H. Cone
Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor
E. B. White
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
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Mark Twain
No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The most valuable sense of humor is the kind that enables a person to see instantly what it isn't safe to laugh at
Donald Rumsfeld
Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, "The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind.
Donald Rumsfeld
A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable
Billy Graham
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done
Dwight David Eisenhower
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.
Max Eastman
ìCommon 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
Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility
Thomas Jefferson
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
Bill Cosby