Humor Quotes

A good sense of humor is a survival skill. These quotes celebrate wit, comedy, sarcasm, and the ability to find something funny in situations that might otherwise be unbearable. Laughter, it turns out, is a form of intelligence.

“If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race.”

Laura Schlessinger

More Humor Quotes

“I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.”

Rainn Wilson

“The darker the film, the more vital everyone's sense of humor is on set.”

Eric Bana

“People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.”

Gary Oldman

“Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.”

Allen Klein

“In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.”

Jeremy Renner

“Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.”

Allen Klein

“Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.”

J. B. Priestley

“Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.”

J. G. Ballard

“If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.”

Xun Zi

“My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.”

Manuel Puig

“I realized women and humor were linked very closely.”

Craig Ferguson

“What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!”

Calvin Klein

“Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles.”

Colin Quinn

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

Paul McCartney

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

Robert Morgan

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