“Humor is the most engaging cowardice.”
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.
“A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.”
“Humor is the most engaging cowardice.”
“There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.”
“A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?”
“And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.”
“Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.”
“I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.”
“Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.”
“Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.”
“Humor starts like a wildfire, but then continues on, smoldering, smoldering for years.”
“There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.”
“Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”
“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.”
“One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.”
“Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.”
“People with no humor, they're outta my life.”