Humor Quotes

"A learned man is an idler who kills time by study."

"An economist is someone who sees something working in practice and wonders if it would work in theory."

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."

"I used to think the brain was the most important organ. Then I thought, what is telling me that?"

"The strongest argument against democracy is a conversation with the average voter."

"Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help mom do the dishes."

"Humor reveals the hidden truths we dare not speak."

"Humor is the nervous system of society."

"Humor often masks deep truths about human nature and society."

"Humor is the ability to see incongruity without being destroyed by it."

"Humor is the best medicine for a troubled spirit."

"Humor reveals the incongruities in human nature."

"Humor is the antidote to despair and hopelessness."

"Humor is tragedy plus time, or sometimes just tragedy with better timing."

"Humor is wisdom in disguise, laughter is its companion."

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand."

"There's no such thing as a free lunch, but there are plenty of people willing to tell you why you should pay for someone else's."

"The most important use of money is to not spend it on the government."

"Humor is the ability to see incongruity without being destroyed by it."

"The greatest comedy lies in the discrepancy between intention and outcome."

"An economist is someone who sees something working in practice and wonders if it would work in theory."

"Humor is the faculty by which the wise acknowledge life's contradictions without despair."

"Humor is the wisdom to see that life is both serious and absurd, and to accept both with grace."

"Economic forecasting is the art of being precisely wrong with great confidence."

"Speculation is the art of guessing wrong at the right time."

"Humor that ridicules virtue is the humor of a declining civilization."

"Humor is the lubricant of social relations."

"Humor is tragedy plus time."

"The joke on the economist is that he knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."

"Humor is wisdom dressed in joy."