Humor Quotes

He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.

When you say a friend has a sense of humor do you mean that he makes you laugh, or that he can make you laugh?

Prior to Wordsworth, humor was an essential part of poetry. I mean, they don't call them Shakespeare comedies for nothing.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

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.

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.

My humor tends to be a little more edgy than is appropriate for 'Twilight,' although I got some in there. That was fun! There's just a tonal difference. For me, storytelling is storytelling. But, I do like writing for grown ups.

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.

Even celebrities, most people have a sense of humor. Most of the people we meet who we've done on the show, like it.

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.

The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far.

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.

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

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.

When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.

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

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family.