Humor Quotes
Laughter as philosophy. The funniest, sharpest observations about the absurdity of being alive.
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"Humor is wisdom dancing in disguise."Luís de Camões
"Humor is the best medicine for the soul"Patrick Kavanagh
"Humor is the truth told sideways."John Banville
"Humor is the scar tissue of the soul."John Banville
"Humor is the way the oppressed maintain their humanity."Austin Clarke
"Humor is the light that keeps darkness at bay."Padraig Colum
"Dark humor reveals what polite discourse conceals."John Banville
"Humor is truth told sideways when straight speaking fails."Austin Clarke
"Humor is the civilized response to an absurd world."Patrick Kavanagh
"Humor acknowledges pain while refusing to let it have the final word."Patrick Kavanagh
"Laughter is the best medicine."Christy Brown
"Humor is the most honest emotion."Seán Ó Faoláin
"The secret source of humor itself is not joy, but sorrow."Seán Ó Faoláin
"Humor is the light that keeps us from drowning in darkness."Christy Brown
"Humor is the closest language to truth that the heart can speak."Padraig Colum
"Humor is wisdom expressed in the language of joy."Padraig Colum
"One cannot really be angry with someone who admires one's work"Frank O'Connor
"Humor is how we survive what we cannot fix"Patrick Kavanagh
"Laughter is the sound of acceptance breaking through denial"Patrick Kavanagh
"Humor is truth wearing a disguise."Seán Ó Faoláin
"There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary."Brendan Behan
"I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse."Brendan Behan
"There is nothing to stop you from getting a laugh out of life."Brendan Behan
"I have never seen a situation so dismal that laughter couldn't improve it."Brendan Behan
"I'm Irish. We think lateral thinking was an Irish man walking home after a lot of drinks."Brendan Behan
"All publicity is good except an obituary notice."Brendan Behan
"I've never seen a situation so dismal that it couldn't be improved by bringing in another drunk."Brendan Behan
"I read in the papers they want to do something about my drinking but haven't done anything yet."Brendan Behan
"I was born sober as the dawn and drunker than a clockmaker by noon."Brendan Behan
"I have a drink problem but it has only one solution."Brendan Behan