Humor Quotes

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

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"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
Bob Hope
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"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
Bob Hope
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"You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."
Bob Hope
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"Comedy is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
Bob Hope
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"I never knew what happiness was until I married, and then it was too late."
Bob Hope
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"I've never met a person I didn't like, except when they asked me to work for free."
Bob Hope
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"I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that either."
Jack Benny
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"If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people."
Jack Benny
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"I would not do Cwm without an audible laugh somewhere."
Jack Benny
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"A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles."
Jack Benny
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"Give me my privacy, and nobody will ever have to know that I'm stingy."
Jack Benny
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"Laughter is the best medicine—though I'd still see a doctor if I were you."
Jack Benny
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"If you're going to be broke, you might as well be broke with style."
Jack Benny
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"A good joke is like a good friend—it never gets old."
Jack Benny
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"A laugh is the shortest distance between two people."
Jack Benny
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"Great comedy comes from honesty and vulnerability."
Jack Benny
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"The secret to staying young is to have a young sense of humor."
Jack Benny
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"Comedy is tragedy plus time."
Jack Benny
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"The world needs more laughter and less anger."
Jack Benny
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"The power of laughter can heal wounds that medicine cannot."
Jack Benny
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"The best revenge is success and a good sense of humor."
Jack Benny
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"Time heals all wounds, but laughter heals them faster."
Jack Benny
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"The power of a good joke is that it brings people together."
Jack Benny
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"I've never taken myself too seriously, which is why I've lasted so long."
Jack Benny
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"I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally."
W.C. Fields
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"Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad."
W.C. Fields
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"I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it."
W.C. Fields
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"A man's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink."
W.C. Fields
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"Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch."
W.C. Fields
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"Golf is a game played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out doing something else."
W.C. Fields