Humor Quotes

"The trouble with Ireland is that it's full of Irish."

"The only thing worse than a critic is a successful critic."

"To be Irish and not a little mad is impossible."

"I never believed in the death penalty until I met myself."

"You can't deny the absurdity of life."

"Humor is a way of coping with difficult times."

"Humor is the only divine consolation that we have in the afflictions of life."

"Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cozy, doesn't try it on."

"The poor are crazy and the rich are eccentric."

"Nobody really enjoys sitting in the hot sun watching crazy people jump up and down pretending to be balloons."

"A writer without a sense of humor is like a violin without strings."

"Humor is the most honest of all emotions."

"Humor helps us cope with life's challenges."

"Laughter is wine for the soul – laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness."

"Humor is often the kindest way to tell a difficult truth."

"Everyone has a photographic memory. Not everyone has film."

"Humor is the best way to tell the truth."

"Humor is courage in the face of absurdity."

"Pretend to be dead. That way you can observe everything."

"Hardship and extreme conditions tend to deplete the stock of a person's sense of humor."

"If you can't joke about it, it's still too serious."

"I'm a daydrink man - I don't have time to wait until evening."

"You're a queer fella. And so's me father."

"I am a drinker with writing problems."

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels."

"You're putting the cart before the horse - or the Dáil before the Dubliners."

"I only drink on two occasions - when it's my birthday, and when it isn't."

"Hell's bells and buckets of blood - that's the Dublin way of expressing surprise."

"A pint of plain is your only man."

"They say crime doesn't pay, but I've had a decent living out of crime."