Humor Quotes

Laughter as philosophy. The funniest, sharpest observations about the absurdity of being alive.

21194 quotes

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"Humor helps us see clearly what seriousness obscures"
Angus Deaton
"The humor of fate is that we seek what we already possess—the strength to endure."
Hernando de Soto
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"Humor is a sign of intelligence and perspective."
Amartya Sen
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"Humor helps us endure hardship with grace."
Amartya Sen
"Humor is a sign of intelligence and resilience."
James Tobin
"Laughter is medicine for the soul."
James Tobin
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"Humor about inequality masks the tragedy of squandered human potential."
Thomas Piketty
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"Humor without critique becomes complicity with the status quo."
Thomas Piketty
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"We see computers everywhere except in the productivity statistics—until we don't."
Robert Solow
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"We should think of growth as a race between technology and its measurement."
Robert Solow
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"Humor is the shock absorber of life."
Anna Schwartz
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"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
Anna Schwartz
"Humor is a sign of intelligence."
Kenneth Arrow
"Humor is wisdom in disguise."
Kenneth Arrow
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"Humor helps us maintain perspective and cope with life's difficulties."
Amartya Sen
"Humor reveals deep truths about society."
Gary Becker
"Laughter is medicine for the soul."
Gary Becker
"Humor often exposes the absurdities hidden in our theoretical assumptions."
Kenneth Arrow
"Humor in economics helps us endure the recognition of our limitations."
Kenneth Arrow
"Humor often works by revealing hidden truths we prefer to ignore."
Gary Becker
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"Humor often speaks truths that seriousness leaves unspoken."
Anna Schwartz
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"Humor is the best defense against despair"
Kenneth Boulding
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"An economist is someone who sees something working in practice and wonders if it would work in theory."
Paul Samuelson
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"Humor is a form of resistance against despair."
Gunnar Myrdal
"Humor is wisdom's best defense against pretension."
Kenneth Arrow
"Humor is the ability to see truth without being destroyed by it."
Kenneth Arrow
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"Humor is the bridge between tragedy and transcendence."
Kenneth Boulding
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"Humor helps us survive what we cannot change and accept what is."
Kenneth Boulding
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"Humor helps us cope with the uncomfortable truths economics reveals."
Paul Samuelson
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"Humor reminds us not to take our economic theories too seriously."
Paul Samuelson