“ Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. ”
- Aristotle- Copy
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“ Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything a human does. ”
- Bill Nye- Copy
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“ All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. ”
- Charlie Chaplin- Copy
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“ A joke was not a single-use item but something you brought out again and again until it fell apart in your hand like a cheap umbrella. ”
- David Nicholls- Copy
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“ If you're at school and you're not that bright or good-looking or popular or whatever, and one day you say something and someone laughs, well, you sort of grab onto it, don't you? you think, well I run funny and I've got this stupid big face and big thighs and no-one fancies me, but at least I can make people laugh. And It's such a nice feeling, making someone laugh, that maybe you get a bit reliant on it. Like, if you're not funny then you're not... anything. ”
- David Nicholls- Copy
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“ Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? ”
- Dick Clark- Copy
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“ A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done. ”
- Dwight D. Eisenhower- Copy
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“ Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind. ”
- E. B. White- Copy
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“ Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. ”
- Edward de Bono- Copy
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“ There's nothing like a gleam of humor to reassure you that a fellow human being is ticking inside a strange face. ”
- Eva Hoffman- Copy
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“ The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. ”
- Horace Walpole- Copy
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“ The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. ”
- James Thurber- Copy
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“ The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. ”
- James Thurber- Copy
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“ What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people? ”
- Jeph Jacques- Copy
- 720
“ Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will. ”
- John Kenneth Galbraith- Copy
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“ The best defence against misguided arrogance is a keen sense of humour. ”
- Kathryn L. Nelson- Copy
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“ Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. ”
- Lewis Mumford- Copy
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“ Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. ”
- Mary Hirsch- Copy
- 2K
“ Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die. ”
- Mel Brooks- Copy
- 4K
“ Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 726
“ Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it. ”
- Salma Hayek- Copy
- 2K
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