Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

"The power of humor is that it brings people together instantly."
Johnny Carson
"I never wanted to be the smartest person in the room, just the funniest."
Johnny Carson
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"The key to life is to have a sense of humor about yourself."
Carol Burnett
"I think the most important thing is to keep laughing. If you lose your sense of humor, you've lost everything."
Goldie Hawn
"You have to keep your sense of humor and not take things too seriously."
Goldie Hawn
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"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain."
Lily Tomlin
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"The secret to staying young is to lie about your age."
Lily Tomlin
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"Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle drugs."
Lily Tomlin
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"I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is."
Lily Tomlin
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"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."
Lily Tomlin
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"There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic."
Lily Tomlin
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"We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation."
Lily Tomlin
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"I invented a new philosophy—I only drank my water from a 1986 red plastic cup I found in my garage."
Lily Tomlin
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"I wanted to be a doctor, but I fainted at the sight of blood. So I became a lawyer instead."
Lily Tomlin
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"The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest."
Lily Tomlin
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"There's nothing sadder than getting halfway through a loaf of bread and finding out it's the other white meat."
Lily Tomlin
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"The height of the season is when we all go to war on each other."
Lily Tomlin
"I feel that the comedy of the situation is lost when you take it too seriously."
Johnny Carson
"A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range."
Phyllis Diller
"Housework can't kill you, but why take the chance?"
Phyllis Diller
"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I'm also not blonde."
Phyllis Diller
"I fayed my hair because I wanted to look like a poodle."
Phyllis Diller
"My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee."
Phyllis Diller
"I'm saving that roast for a special occasion. I'm using it as a paperweight."
Phyllis Diller
"I don't believe in diets. The only thing that works is gas-powered lipo-suction."
Phyllis Diller
"My husband said he needed more space, so I locked him out."
Phyllis Diller
"I have very poor vision and I have to wear very thick glasses and a muscle in my left eye that twitches."
Phyllis Diller
"When I go to the beauty parlor, I always use the emergency entrance. Sometimes I just go for an estimate."
Phyllis Diller
"I would never want to be a member of a group that stood for something I believed in."
Phyllis Diller
"Fang was such a bad cook, he used to boil water and it would crack."
Phyllis Diller