Humor Quotes

"Humor arises from the perception of incongruity in human affairs."

"The ability to laugh at oneself is the truest mark of wisdom."

"Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter."

"He who gets a reputation for early rising can sleep till noon."

"It is strange how little wit nature has left to mankind."

"Humor can expose injustice more effectively than rhetoric."

"Humor in the face of oppression is a form of spiritual resistance."

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but it's always worked for me."

"A man would be ridiculous who should appear in public with a long face and a mournful deportment."

"Laughter is resistance against despair."

"Humor often reveals truths that serious discourse obscures."

"Drinking beer is not inherently German."

"The humor of history lies in its contradictions."

"Life is either tragic or comic, depending on how you look at it."

"Even in the darkest times, humor reminds us of our humanity."

"Humor reveals the absurdity of power structures."

"Humor is often the weapon of those without arms."

"The humorous and the tragic are separated only by perspective."

"Humor is a weapon of the powerless against the powerful."

"Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it."

"Good humor is a charitable virtue; it ensures against the commission of many faults."

"Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I shall do!"

"I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man."

"I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man."

"When I meet a man I look at his knees."

"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."

"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."

"A cultivated mind finds in the mistakes and absurdities of others an inexhaustible source of amusement."

"Vanity makes even the vicious sociable; and makes many a disagreeable man tolerable in company."

"We are not amused."