Humor Quotes

I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh.

Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.

I'll do humor about myself, I'll poke fun and everything, but that's me and I can do it to me. I think it's cruel to do it to somebody else.

Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists.

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

Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.

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.

There's something about Southern women that is so unique yet so universal. Strong southern women are allowed to be soft and feminine and have a sense of humor. But what I love about Southern women in particular is their universality.

Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.

G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.

I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.

Humor can be one of our best survival tools.

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

The comics that are just conversing with you up there and drawing on their own life, yeah, I guess so. I guess some do political humor, some do topical humor, but the ones that I like, the ones that are appealing to me, were guys who were just talking to you about their life.

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.

Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know.

I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

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

But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me.

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives.

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

I'm not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.