Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

"No point mentioning the lizards. If I mentioned the lizards I'd have to explain that there were only two of them."
Hunter S. Thompson
"I hate to advocate anything weird, but it's always worked for me."
Hunter S. Thompson
"A sense of humor is the only divine thing about us."
Hunter S. Thompson
"There is nothing more depressing than a world that has lost its sense of humor."
Hunter S. Thompson
"Humor is the truth told sideways."
Katie Couric
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"The difference between a high-class prostitute and a call girl is that one has a waiting list."
Tom Wolfe
T
"The best humor is truth told sideways."
Tom Wolfe
C
"Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God."
Christopher Hitchens
C
"In the beginning, there was nothing, and it exploded."
Christopher Hitchens
C
"My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilization."
Christopher Hitchens
C
"Bad manners make a man unfit for any society except Parliament."
Christopher Hitchens
C
"The ironic thing about irony is that people mistake it for cynicism."
Christopher Hitchens
M
"You have to have a sense of humor to survive what I do."
Marie Colvin
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
Hunter S. Thompson
"Most of my friends are criminals."
Hunter S. Thompson
"Good luck in whatever you do, and whatever you do, don't take yourself seriously."
Hunter S. Thompson
"I am not a crook, but I'm getting there."
Hunter S. Thompson
"Bad gibberish of all kinds flowed from his mouth."
Hunter S. Thompson
"I consider myself a fairly responsible person."
Hunter S. Thompson
"I have no sympathy for people who take themselves too seriously."
Hunter S. Thompson
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"A man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined."
Tom Wolfe
T
"A highly developed sense of humor is the pole that gives a man balance on the tightrope of life."
Tom Wolfe
T
"Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to."
Tom Wolfe
L
"I have an intense dislike of yellow."
Larry King
L
"Humor is a gift."
Larry King
L
"Laughter is healing."
Larry King
R
"Humor heals."
Rachel Maddow
R
"Humor finds light in darkness."
Rachel Maddow
C
"If you gave him an enema you could bury him in a matchbox."
Christopher Hitchens