Humor Quotes

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

You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girl's sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief system; it could be a lot of different things.

The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they've got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything you'll ever see on TV.

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.

We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!

What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books.

Any attempts at humor immediately after September 11th were deemed tasteless.

Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.

Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something.

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.

It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment once again and examining the specifics of our day-to-day lives against the backdrop of an extraordinary adventure.

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.

All the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended.

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it.

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.