Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

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"Laughter is the best medicine because it reminds us not to take ourselves too seriously."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"Laughter without thought is frivolous; thought without laughter is burdensome."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
Charlie Chaplin
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"Even as a child, I did not understand laughter."
Charlie Chaplin
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"Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain."
Charlie Chaplin
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"A man's only as old as the woman he feels."
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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"Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here."
Harry Truman
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"If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a brothel."
Harry Truman
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"I don't care what they say about me as long as they don't say I'm crazy."
Harry Truman
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"I've been on a calendar, but never on time."
Marilyn Monroe
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"It always strikes me as funny that actors are the last people to know anything."
Marilyn Monroe
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"A man might prefer a woman in a fur coat. It's weaker than preferring her without it."
Marilyn Monroe
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"If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty."
Marilyn Monroe
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"I like to feel blonde all over."
Marilyn Monroe
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"I'm tired of playing roles that require me to wear a bra."
Marilyn Monroe
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"What do you do when you get lonely? You get drunk and you call people."
Marilyn Monroe
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"Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House."
John F. Kennedy
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"No one has ever accused me of being reticent."
John F. Kennedy
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"Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in.'"
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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"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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"The most terrifying thing anyone can say is: I'm from the media and I'm here to help."
Ronald Reagan
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"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them past some of our modern committees."
Ronald Reagan
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"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: if it moves, tax it; if it keeps moving, regulate it."
Ronald Reagan
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"Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The CIA don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan
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"If you've seen one redwood tree, you've seen them all."
Ronald Reagan
"Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age."
Audrey Hepburn
"I've got to tell you something - I never go anywhere without my purse."
Audrey Hepburn
"You grow up the day you have your first real laugh."
Audrey Hepburn