Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

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"I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."
Winston Churchill
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"The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in what I might call the 'Headmistress' manner."
Winston Churchill
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"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."
Winston Churchill
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"Genius is the very thing God gives to us when He wants to punish us."
Winston Churchill
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"I like a man who grins when he fights."
Winston Churchill
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"Honesty is the best policy, but it is important to remember that apparently, by current standards, honesty is also a foreign policy."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Everybody has to be someplace."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Never allow a Fool to kiss you or a Kiss to fool you."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"A drinker was in front of me and he was in quite a state and I was in quite a state."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Humor masks deeper truths."
Joseph Stalin
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"We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glow-worm."
Winston Churchill
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"Eating words has never given me indigestion."
Winston Churchill
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"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, pigs treat us as equals."
Winston Churchill
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"Happy is the man with a wife to tell him what to do and a secretary to do it."
Winston Churchill
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"We were not allowed to attend movies, but we could watch them outside the cinema."
Nelson Mandela
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"In my country we go to jail first and then become President."
Nelson Mandela
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"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
Eleanor Roosevelt
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"We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glow-worm."
Winston Churchill
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"The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy, and the lash."
Winston Churchill
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"I am bored with it all."
Winston Churchill
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"Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege."
Winston Churchill
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"In my life I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a nutritious diet."
Winston Churchill
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"Humor is the spice of life"
Jorge Edwards
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"There is nothing to fear but fear itself—and sometimes taxes."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all."
Abraham Lincoln
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"Humor is a form of truth-telling when seriousness would be censored."
Jorge Edwards
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"In my country we go to prison first and then become President."
Nelson Mandela
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"Laughter is the language of the soul."
Nelson Mandela
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"A host is like a general: it takes a mishap to reveal his genius."
Eleanor Roosevelt