Humor Quotes
Laughter as philosophy. The funniest, sharpest observations about the absurdity of being alive.
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"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted."Fred Allen
"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."Fred Allen
"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."Fred Allen
"I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous—everyone hasn't met me yet."Fred Allen
"The true source of laughter is suffering."Fred Allen
"I have just enough white in me to make my false teeth look like a piano keyboard."Fred Allen
"I don't have to tell you it goes without saying, but I'm going to tell you anyway."Fred Allen
"Broadway is a street that crosses New York and keeps going until it finds New Jersey."Fred Allen
"Hanging is too good for some men; they should be ticketed to death."Fred Allen
"I have tried many times to like baseball, so that I might join the rest of America, but I find myself unable to do so."Fred Allen
"A solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity."Fred Allen
"Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house."Fred Allen
"Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week."Fred Allen
"The secret to a good sermonette is to have a good theological understanding and a bad circulation problem."Fred Allen
"A joke is the shortest distance between two people."Fred Allen
"I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either."Jack Benny
"A self-made man? Yes, just like a father loves his son."Jack Benny
"I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age."Jack Benny
"Laughter is the best medicine, unless you're lactose intolerant."Jack Benny
"My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping."Jack Benny
"I'm no different from anybody else. I just happen to be a little more talented."Jack Benny
"A man's home is his castle, unless the queen is visiting."Jack Benny
"I love my wife dearly, which is why I stay away from her as much as possible."Jack Benny
"The trouble with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."Jack Benny
"Charity begins at home, and it usually stays there."Jack Benny
"The secret to staying young is to surround yourself with older people."Jack Benny
"I don't care who wins as long as it's me."Jack Benny
"I would have been a much better actor without integrity."Jack Benny
"Television is called a medium because nothing on it is well done."Jack Benny
"I've got so many wrinkles, I have to screw my hat on my head."Jack Benny