Humor Quotes
Laughter as philosophy. The funniest, sharpest observations about the absurdity of being alive.
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"Youth is a disease from which we all recover."Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Humor is truth wrapped in lightness."Fannie Hurst
"Humor allows us to endure what we cannot escape."Fannie Hurst
"Humor is the light that breaks through the darkness of difficulty."Amy Lowell
"Humor is wisdom wrapped in lightness."Amy Lowell
"A moment of humor can change the entire trajectory of a difficult day."O. Henry
"Humor allows us to speak truths that would otherwise be dangerous to utter."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"Humor is the relief valve of the human spirit; without it, we would break."Kate Chopin
"Humor acknowledges the absurdity of our condition and finds grace within it."Kate Chopin
"I have found that humor is the best medicine for despair."Upton Sinclair
"The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax."O. Henry
"A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion, but doesn't."O. Henry
"Humor is the balm of the troubled soul."Jack London
"Humor is the wisdom of those who understand sorrow."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"The humor that recognizes human folly is more valuable than judgment."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it."Booth Tarkington
"Humor is the intelligence of the wise."Booth Tarkington
"Humor often reveals truth more effectively than seriousness."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"Funny things happen to us all day long, if we're alive to see them."O. Henry
"Life insurance is a bet that you'll die soon; the company bets you'll live long."O. Henry
"Nothing so much relieves a person's feelings as making a fool of himself."Booth Tarkington
"Civilization has taught us to eat with a fork, but it hasn't improved our table manners."Upton Sinclair
"Humor is the wisdom that acknowledges the absurdity of existence and chooses joy anyway."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness."O. Henry
"Very likely it is absurd, things often are."Gertrude Stein
"A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished."Gertrude Stein
"Humor is the weapon of the wise against despair."Booth Tarkington
"Laughter is the best medicine for a troubled spirit."Booth Tarkington
"The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby."Jack London
"The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not so, we would all be there."Upton Sinclair