Quotes on humor
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Bacon, Francis
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs - jolted by every pebble in the road.
Beecher, Henry Ward
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.
Twain, Mark
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.
Dentinger, Ron
Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
Cobb, Irvin S.
After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then, to keep the whole thing from collapsing, He invented humor.
Kelly, Bill
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Proverb, English
I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.
Allen, Woody
Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.
Caesar, Sid
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
Vries, Peter De
The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.
Davis, William
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity.
Thurber, James Grover
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?
Aristophanes