Quotes about Humor

“Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.”

“There's humor in everything. There's gotta be humor in everything.”

“Humor strips dominated what were called the funny papers early in the century, but by the 1920s and '30s, adventure strips had taken over. With 'Beetle Bailey,' I revived the funny part of the funny papers, and I'd be proud to be remembered for that.”

“Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.”

“I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.”

“Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.”

“My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.”

“The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.”

“I'm not 17 anymore. I still have some of the same sort of anger, but I have a sense of humor about it... a sense of being constructive with that anger.”

“I'm not funny. What I am is brave.”

“Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike.”

“Humor is reason gone mad.”

“I personally have dealt with any adversity in my life with humor. That's why I told America to 'Read my hips!' on 'Dancing With the Stars' or was happy to play along with Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld in the great restaurant scene on 'Seinfeld.'”

“I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor.”

“Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot.”

“Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean.”

“I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older.”

“If a man's able to laugh about himself, that's good. You can be in love with a man or share his bed, but if there's no humor, there's nothing.”

“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”

“Sometimes a scene may be about one thing, and it may end up still being about that, but the emotionality of it comes from somewhere else, or the humor of it comes from somewhere else, and it gives it that real-life quality.”

“From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.”