Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

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"You know, if I owned all the air that the average man talks in a day, I could fly to the moon."
Will Rogers
W
"I have made it a rule in my life never to advocate anything I have tried."
Will Rogers
W
"All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance."
Will Rogers
W
"Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?"
Will Rogers
W
"Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything."
Will Rogers
W
"Why don't they pass a law to abolish night? That would help everybody."
Will Rogers
W
"The way to judge a good comedy is whether you laugh at it before you read it."
Will Rogers
W
"A rope walks into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender says, 'We don't serve rope here.' The rope goes back outside, messes himself up."
Will Rogers
W
"I never want to be as old as my money."
Will Rogers
W
"The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket."
Will Rogers
"Life's too short to be serious all the time"
John Belushi
C
"Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."
Carl Reiner
C
"Laughter is the best medicine, but if you laugh for no reason, you may need medicine."
Carl Reiner
C
"The mind is a wonderful thing. I wish I could use mine."
Carl Reiner
C
"The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures."
Carl Reiner
B
"I'm like old wine. I improve with age"
Bill Murray
B
"Laugh as much as you breathe"
Bill Murray
D
"Comedy is about truth. You have to find what's real and expose it in a way that makes people laugh."
Dan Aykroyd
D
"I believe that humor can heal wounds that nothing else can touch."
Dan Aykroyd
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."
Dick Van Dyke
"Humor is the light that breaks through the darkest moments."
Dick Van Dyke
C
"Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Anybody can do drama, but comedy takes real skill."
Carl Reiner
C
"The best part of my career was making people laugh and forget their troubles."
Carl Reiner
C
"Laughter is humanity's way of facing the absurdity of existence."
Carl Reiner
"Life is too short to be serious all the time. If you can't laugh at yourself, call me – I'll laugh at you."
Mel Brooks
"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious."
Mel Brooks
"Every human being has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh, you're dead inside."
Mel Brooks
"Making people laugh is the greatest joy in the world."
Mel Brooks
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall through an open sewer and die."
Mel Brooks
"Make people laugh and you make them listen"
John Belushi