Humor Quotes

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

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"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."
Jackson, Frank
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"Don't worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are still greater."
Turing, Alan
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"Humor is the grace note of existence, revealing truth through laughter"
Jackson, Frank
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"Humor is the unexpected collision of two truths we rarely see together"
Jackson, Frank
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"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."
Turing, Alan
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"The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim."
Turing, Alan
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"Humor is a way of dealing with tragedy without being crushed by it."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Humor can be a form of wisdom."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Humor is a form of intelligence that acknowledges life's contradictions."
Jackson, Frank
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"Humor heals by reminding us not to take our suffering too seriously."
Jackson, Frank
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"Humor arises from incongruity and our ability to hold multiple perspectives simultaneously."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Humor is the best medicine"
Wisdom, John
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"Humor is the human response to incongruity."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Laughter is a social bonding mechanism."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Fodor's Law: The more abstract something is, the less it matters whether it's true or false."
Fodor, Jerry
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"Fodor's First Law: Never say never in cognitive science."
Fodor, Jerry
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"Humor is the ability to see absurdity without despair."
Davidson, Donald
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"Humor is wisdom wearing a mask at society's ball."
Wisdom, John
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"Humor is the shortest distance between two truths."
Wisdom, John
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"The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Humor reveals truth in ways that gravity cannot reach."
Wisdom, John
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"The best humor contains a kernel of uncomfortable truth."
Wisdom, John
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"Humor is the weapon of the powerless against the powerful."
Arendt, Hannah
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"Humor is tragedy plus time, and wisdom is learning from both."
Wisdom, John
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"Humor is the wisdom of the soul expressed through joy."
Wisdom, John
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"Humor is the weapon of those who refuse despair."
Moore, George Edward
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"Humor serves as a mechanism for releasing tension while revealing truth."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Humor acknowledges the gap between what we hope for and what we encounter."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Humor is the most divine of human gifts."
Weil, Simone
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"Humor is the grace of the soul."
Rosenzweig, Franz