Humour Quotes

Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Mel Brooks

Humor is also a way of saying something serious.

Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom.
Taki

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Humor results when society says you can't scratch certain things in public, but they itch in public.
Tom Walsh

Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather serious when I suggest that someone should plant a few whoopee cushions in the United Nations.
Ron Dentinger

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

After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then, to keep the whole thing from collapsing, He invented humor.
Bill Kelly, \"Mordillo\"

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

Nothing is more curious than the almost savage hostility that humor excites in those who lack it.
George Saintsbury

The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.
William Davis

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
Thomas W. Higginson

Humor prevents one from becoming a tragic figure even though he/she is involved in tragic events.
E.T. \"Cy\" Eberhart

There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

Someone once defined humor as a way to keep from killing yourself. I keep my sense of humor and I stay alive.
Abe Burrows

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
Roman Gary

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

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour.
Colin Baker

For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
Felicity Kendal

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

Humor is, however, nearer right than any emotion we have. Humor is the atmosphere in which grace most flourishes.

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across: If you get too serious, you could die of starch.
Cyndi Lauper







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