Humor Quotes

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

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"Misery loves company, but success does not."
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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"Eating words has never given me indigestion."
Winston Churchill
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"One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty."
Winston Churchill
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"I am easily satisfied with the very best."
Winston Churchill
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"There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you."
Winston Churchill
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"In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my own words, and I must confess that I have always found it a nutritious diet."
Winston Churchill
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"A secret in the Oxford sense: you may tell it to one person at a time."
Winston Churchill
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"Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege."
Winston Churchill
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"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Winston Churchill
"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers."
Mahatma Gandhi
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"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"If there is a worse place than Hell, I am afraid the Lord is keeping it for my enemies."
Abraham Lincoln
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"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"
Abraham Lincoln
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"I have always been superstitious, and as the elections approach, the superstition increases."
Abraham Lincoln
"Humor is wisdom laughing at itself"
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Humor is the rebellion of the joyful"
Miguel Ángel Asturias
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"In my country, we go to prison first and then become President."
Nelson Mandela
"Humor is the vaccine against despair."
Gioconda Belli
"Humor dissolves the barriers between people."
Gioconda Belli
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"Humor brings light to darkness"
Rubén Darío
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"Humor is wisdom dancing with melancholy."
Jorge Edwards
"Humor is the weapon of the weak against the power of the strong."
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Humor is wisdom wrapped in laughter."
Gioconda Belli
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"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me."
Abraham Lincoln
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"I never boast, except when I am right."
Abraham Lincoln
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"The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them."
Abraham Lincoln
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"In my country we go to prison first and then become President."
Nelson Mandela
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"Humor is the best medicine for the soul."
Rosario Castellanos