Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

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"The key to life is learning to laugh at yourself before someone else does."
Don Knotts
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"The devil made me do it, but I take full responsibility for my actions."
Flip Wilson
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"The best jokes are the ones that make you think before you laugh."
Flip Wilson
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"Humor is humanity's greatest survival tool."
Flip Wilson
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"Don't be humble, you're not that great."
Fanny Brice
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"The greatest instrument of civilization is the sense of humor."
Fanny Brice
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"Laughter is the best medicine for the soul."
Fanny Brice
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"Humor heals wounds that medicine cannot."
Fanny Brice
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"I have no idea what I'm doing, and I love it."
Gilbert Gottfried
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"Humor is the armor against life's difficulties."
Gilbert Gottfried
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"The best comedy comes from real pain."
Gilbert Gottfried
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"The art of comedy is timing, and the art of life is knowing when to laugh at yourself."
Tim Conway
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"Sometimes the funniest things happen when you stop trying so hard to be funny."
Tim Conway
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"Laughter is the universal language of joy."
Tim Conway
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"From birth to age eighteen, a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five, she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five, she needs a good personality. From fifty-five on, she needs good cash."
Sophie Tucker
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"I've been married four times, I'm an expert."
Sophie Tucker
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"You've got to laugh at yourself sometimes."
Sophie Tucker
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"Marry for love, but don't forget to marry money."
Sophie Tucker
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"Money isn't everything, but it sure beats whatever is in second place."
Sophie Tucker
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"Love 'em and leave 'em."
Sophie Tucker
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"We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can."
Will Rogers
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"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else."
Will Rogers
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"Somebody is always getting me in. I don't know how."
Will Rogers
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"You know the income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. But both are known to be beneficial."
Will Rogers
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"I have always been afraid of banks. I put all my money under the mattress."
Will Rogers
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"There is no credit in being a comedian, when you have the whole government working for you. All the funny things they come out and do."
Will Rogers
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"The devil made me do it, but I had to think about it first"
Flip Wilson
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"Humor is the spice that makes life bearable"
Flip Wilson
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"I'm not a method actor. I'm just a guy who talks in a funny voice."
Gilbert Gottfried
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"Laughter is the best medicine, unless you're laughing at your own jokes—then you're just delusional."
Gilbert Gottfried