Humor Quotes

"Newton was the greatest mind that ever existed, but even he could not read the Cambridge catalogue."

"Education is our business not because we love learning but because we love money."

"A study of the principles of economics does not require a very agile mind."

"Humor is the cure for sadness."

"Humor is a form of truth-telling that bypasses our defenses."

"Humor reveals the contradictions and absurdities of human existence."

"Humor is a way of maintaining sanity in an absurd world."

"The human race faces a cruel choice: work or daytime television."

"A sound banker is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a conventional way."

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

"Humor is a reflection of wisdom and intelligence."

"Laughter is medicine for the soul."

"The most powerful argument against unlimited democracy is a conversation with an average voter."

"If God had intended us to talk on our knees, he would make us kneel when we pray."

"Humor is humanity's greatest blessing."

"Humor is tragedy plus time."

"Humor reveals the contradictions in our understanding."

"Humor is wisdom dressed in the clothing of levity."

"Humor allows us to speak truth when seriousness would provoke only defensiveness."

"Humor arises from perceiving incongruity and contradiction."

"The man who cannot laugh at himself has already ceased to grow."

"Humor arises when expectations meet reality in unexpected ways."

"Nothing is certain but death, taxes, and the tendency of economists to disagree."

"One cannot usually Page two blanks and hope they will be filled in with something sensible."

"The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order."

"Keynes is always right in the long run—which is to say, he is always dead in the long run."

"A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his predecessors."

"Humor reveals human folly"

"A sense of humor reveals wisdom and proportion in our judgments."

"Humor often illuminates truth more effectively than gravity."