Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

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"It ain't funny if nobody gets hurt."
Buster Keaton
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"Comedy is serious stuff, but I never take myself seriously."
Buster Keaton
"I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond."
Mae West
"Save a horse, ride a cowboy—that's been my philosophy."
Mae West
"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."
Mae West
"When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better."
Mae West
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
Mae West
"The best way to handle a man is with kindness and a baseball bat."
Mae West
"Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you."
Mae West
"Monogamy is the Western custom of one wife and hardly any mistresses."
Mae West
"I've been in more laps than a napkin."
Mae West
"Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from."
Mae West
"Flattery is my weakness—please go ahead and lay it on me."
Mae West
"I've never killed a man that didn't deserve it."
Mae West
"The only thing I like better than talking about myself is my own reflection."
Mae West
"Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid."
Mae West
"I never said I was a good girl—I said I was a fabulous one."
Mae West
"Men want a lot, women want everything, and I want champagne."
Mae West
"Pity the poor man who falls in love with a woman like me."
Mae West
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"I'm not funny. What I am is brave."
Lucille Ball
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"I want my ashes scattered in Bloomingdale's, so my daughter will visit me."
Lucille Ball
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"Things are either funny or they're not funny, and you're either a funny person or you're not."
Lucille Ball
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"I think it's important to have a sense of humor about life."
Lucille Ball
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"I would go insane if I didn't maintain a sense of humor about this business."
Lucille Ball
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"I want to get a tattoo that says 'I am not a bank account.'"
Lucille Ball
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"When you stop laughing at yourself, that's when you've gotten old."
Lucille Ball
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"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."
Lucille Ball
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"Laughter is the best medicine, but if you laugh while you work, you think you're dying."
Red Skelton
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"I sold my memoirs of my love life to Parker Brothers and they are going to release them next month as a new game called 'Clue'."
Red Skelton
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"Thanksgiving is just a day when you realize you can't eat as much as you thought you could."
Red Skelton