Humor Quotes

"I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First 'Linux', now 'git'."

"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."

"Linux is only free if your time has no value."

"People can really be fucking stupid sometimes."

"Real men don't use backups. They post their stuff on ftp and let the world mirror it."

"Life is a sexually transmitted disease."

"Laughter and humor indicate integration; they show we can hold opposing truths simultaneously."

"The capacity to play is essential to psychological health at any age."

"Humor is a way of maintaining distance from the unbearable."

"In humor, we find the capacity to hold the tragic and the absurd simultaneously without being destroyed by either."

"The capacity for genuine play diminishes with psychological rigidity."

"I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It kept me alive."

"Laughter prevents rigidity"

"Humor masks criticism in friendly form"

"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."

"Humor survives where desperation takes hold."

"Humor is the weapon of those without power."

"We are, in sum, the only animal that finds its own company amusing—an extremely important resource in a world full of suffering."

"Humor often reveals what people cannot say directly."

"Humor reveals hidden truths"

"To know a people, begin by learning what makes them laugh."

"Every society has its clowns, and every clown speaks truth to power."

"Humor reveals the truth about society."

"Humor is the knife that cuts through pretense."

"Humor arises from the collision of incompatible patterns."

"For small errand use small people."

"Humor is the weapon of the intelligent."

"Humor is the recognition of incongruity in expected patterns."

"Humor serves the function of releasing tension while reinforcing group boundaries and values."

"Humor is the best defense against the troubles of life."