Humor Quotes

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

21194 quotes

"Comedy and tragedy are often separated by only a moment."
Philip Roth
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"Humor is the weapon of those who have nothing else left."
Norman Mailer
"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning do to do afterward."
Kurt Vonnegut
"Hi ho."
Kurt Vonnegut
"And I urge you to keep on being wry, forever."
Kurt Vonnegut
"Unstirred coffee is unjust to the gravity of the situation."
Kurt Vonnegut
"Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. This is my favorite joke."
Kurt Vonnegut
"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"I haven't lost anything, I just can't find it."
William S. Burroughs
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"Life is a sexually transmitted disease."
William S. Burroughs
"The great thing about irony is that it is corrosive."
David Foster Wallace
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"We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are."
Saul Bellow
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"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."
Saul Bellow
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"Life is too hard to take seriously."
Saul Bellow
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"In modern times, nothing is more serious than the comic spirit."
Saul Bellow
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"Catch-22 says I can keep my sanity by doing anything, as long as I claim it makes me sane."
Joseph Heller
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"The secret to life is pretending you know what you're doing."
Joseph Heller
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"Humor is the only sane response to an insane world."
Joseph Heller
"It is the humor that makes the tragedy bearable."
Philip Roth
"The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous."
Philip Roth
"Sex is only interesting when it's slightly wrong."
Philip Roth
"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow."
Philip Roth
"The difference between comedy and tragedy is just timing."
Philip Roth
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"I have a terrible confession to make - I like to drink gin in the morning."
Norman Mailer
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"The worst of Americans is their sense of humor."
Norman Mailer
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"The worst thing that can happen to a person is to become funny."
J.D. Salinger
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"I really am quite the sexual maniac."
J.D. Salinger
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"That killed me. That really did."
J.D. Salinger
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"We are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."
William S. Burroughs
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"A dark comedy about control."
William S. Burroughs