Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

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"We need to keep the fun in being human."
Amy Poehler
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"The beauty of humor is that it can make difficult subjects approachable."
Amy Poehler
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"Humor is wisdom wrapped in levity."
Zoroaster
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"Laughter heals what tears cannot."
Zoroaster
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"Comedy is the best way to process the darkness of the world."
Tina Fey
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"The best revenge is writing good comedy about your enemies."
Tina Fey
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"The best comedy comes from honesty and pain, not from trying to be clever."
Tina Fey
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"A good sense of humor is the best medicine for almost everything."
Tina Fey
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"I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had a track team."
Lenny Bruce
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"Every group has a comedian. The shortest comedies are the ones we live."
Lenny Bruce
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"Laughter is the only honest response to an absurd world."
Lenny Bruce
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"I'm the only guy that's ever made a living at indecency."
Lenny Bruce
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"All my humor is based on destruction and despair."
Lenny Bruce
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"The sickest joke is the one people laugh at the most."
Lenny Bruce
"The secret to aging gracefully is not fighting it—it's laughing at it before anyone else can."
Joan Rivers
"Your sense of humor is the armor that protects you from a cruel world."
Joan Rivers
"Comedy is tragedy plus time, and I've had plenty of both."
Joan Rivers
"The most powerful thing you can do is laugh at yourself before anyone else does."
Joan Rivers
"Humor is the most sophisticated form of survival."
Joan Rivers
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"Have you ever noticed that most of the people who are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to f*** in the first place?"
George Carlin
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"Some people see the glass as half empty. Some see it as half full. I see it as twice as big as it needs to be."
George Carlin
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"I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it."
George Carlin
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"I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it."
George Carlin
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"You ever notice that stuff comes out of stores overnight? Where do they make it?"
George Carlin
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"I'm glad I'm not a woman. Women have to worry about how they look."
George Carlin
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"Weather forecast for tonight: Dark."
George Carlin
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"Comedians are the last people on the planet who are allowed to tell the truth."
George Carlin
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"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that at some point, mankind said, 'We need to set those people on fire.'"
George Carlin
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"I'm wondering why the right wing hasn't renamed 'suicide bombers' as 'freedom fighters.'"
George Carlin
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"I'm 10 times smarter than you are."
George Carlin