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.

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

Ben Stiller

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“I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard.”

Richard Russo

“My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.”

Maurice Sendak

“I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that.”

Lawrence Kasdan

“The secret to humor is surprise.”

Aristotle

“Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.”

Allen Klein

“I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.”

Danny Boyle

“Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.”

Jesse Ventura

“The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.”

David Sedaris

“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”

Erma Bombeck

“Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.”

William Glasser

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

Allen Klein

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

Allen Klein

“In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets you may not find something to laugh about immediately.”

Allen Klein

“I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.”

Christopher Hitchens

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

Emo Philips

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