Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

"I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof."
Donald Knuth
"Give a man a program and he'll be frustrated for a day; teach a man to program and he'll be frustrated for a lifetime."
Donald Knuth
"Laughter and joy are undervalued in serious creative work."
Shigeru Miyamoto
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"Never lose your sense of humor even in difficult times."
Nolan Bushnell
S
"Humor often reveals truth more effectively than earnestness ever could."
Shunpei Yamazaki
D
"Humor is the antidote to despair."
Donna Dubinsky
D
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two hearts."
Donna Dubinsky
N
"Humor is the spice of life and the salve of the soul."
Nolan Bushnell
N
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."
Nolan Bushnell
C
"Laughter is the best medicine for the soul."
Carver Mead
C
"Humor is the spice of life."
Carver Mead
J
"Computers are like air conditioners - they both stop working when you open Windows."
John von Neumann
R
"Humor lightens the burden of serious work."
Ralph Baer
J
"Humor helps us get through the hardest times."
Jean Jennings Bartik
J
"Humor is how we survive what seriousness cannot solve."
Jean Jennings Bartik
N
"Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. But I make them anyway."
Nolan Bushnell
N
"Humor is the bridge between tension and joy."
Nolan Bushnell
S
"Humor is wisdom wrapped in a smile."
Shunpei Yamazaki
D
"Humor is often the most honest form of communication."
Donna Dubinsky
J
"Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin."
John von Neumann
S
"We laugh at what frightens us, to remind ourselves we're still alive."
Shunpei Yamazaki
S
"Humor is the space where difficult truths become bearable."
Shunpei Yamazaki
G
"Humor is the spice of life."
Gordon Moore
J
"Humor often reveals truth that serious discourse cannot reach."
John von Neumann
D
"Humor is often the most honest form of truth-telling."
Donna Dubinsky
D
"Humor is wisdom wrapped in laughter."
Donna Dubinsky
C
"Humor often contains more truth than serious discourse."
Carver Mead
J
"Humor is the recognition of incongruity in a complex world."
John von Neumann
J
"Humor is wisdom's way of making truth palatable."
John von Neumann
"I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'Git'."
Linus Torvalds