Humor Quotes
Laughter as philosophy. The funniest, sharpest observations about the absurdity of being alive.
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"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."Mark Twain
"Familiarity breeds contempt—and children."Mark Twain
"I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting."Mark Twain
"Cauliflower is cabbage with a college education."Mark Twain
"The chief cause of problems is solutions."Mark Twain
"I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time."Mark Twain
"The secret to a long life is to make mistakes at a slower rate."Mark Twain
"God created war so that Americans would learn geography."Mark Twain
"I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have got so much more of it."Mark Twain
"Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved."Mark Twain
"I make it a point to never drink water when I can get wine instead."Mark Twain
"I admire the serene assurance of a dog with a bone."Mark Twain
"Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody."Mark Twain
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."Mark Twain
"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure."Mark Twain
"Be good and you will be lonesome."Mark Twain
"There is humor in the darkest places, and darkness in the finest jests."Herman Melville
"Humor is the salt that makes life palatable."Herman Melville
"Laughter is the language of the soul."Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Humor is tragedy plus time."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Humor heals."Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude."Henry James
"Humor is a weapon against despair."François Mauriac
"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid."Mark Twain
"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow."Mark Twain
"The main difference between a man and a woman is that a woman can talk longer than a man."Mark Twain
"Be good and you will be lonesome."Mark Twain
"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen cackles as if she laid an asteroid."Mark Twain
"Our little American cousins will drink more water than any other nation."Mark Twain
"If a cat could talk, it wouldn't."Mark Twain