Humor Quotes

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

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"We're all pretty crazy in some way or another."
James Dean
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"Humor is the spice of life and the remedy for despair."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
"The world needs more laughter and less judgment from everyone."
Audrey Hepburn
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"To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it"
Charlie Chaplin
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"Without humor, life would be insufferable"
Charlie Chaplin
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"The ability to laugh is what makes the human being capable of coping with anything"
Charlie Chaplin
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"If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything."
Marilyn Monroe
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"I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time."
Marilyn Monroe
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"What's the difference between a beautiful woman and a plain one? Time, effort, and twenty-five hundred dollars."
Marilyn Monroe
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"If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?"
Marilyn Monroe
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"Diamonds are a girl's best friend."
Marilyn Monroe
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"I think I made every blooper in the book."
Marilyn Monroe
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"I've been used on a calendar, but never to plan anything."
Marilyn Monroe
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"Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, 'on one hand, on the other hand.'"
Harry Truman
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"Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me."
Harry Truman
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"I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark."
Harry Truman
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"I have found out that there are only two things necessary in life: one is bowel movement and the other is persistence."
Harry Truman
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"I haven't the foggiest idea what the President is talking about."
Harry Truman
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"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Ronald Reagan
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"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a Cabinet meeting."
Ronald Reagan
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"I forget more than most people ever know."
Ronald Reagan
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"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."
Ronald Reagan
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"How do you know if you're a conservative? Ask yourself."
Ronald Reagan
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"I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."
Ronald Reagan
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"The ship of state is the only ship that leaks from the top."
Ronald Reagan
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"Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours."
Ronald Reagan
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"One hundred nations in the UN have not agreed with each other on anything that I can think of."
Ronald Reagan
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"I'm not smart enough to be a liberal."
Ronald Reagan
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"The tenth greatest threat to American security is the national media."
Ronald Reagan
"Humor is the best medicine when life becomes too serious."
Audrey Hepburn