Quotes about Humor

“Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.”

“A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say.”

“I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.”

“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”

“It felt as if things were literally slipping through my fingers. Things were just streaming away from me. I lost my sense of humor. I'm still looking for that.”

“Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.”

“If you can understand the humor in the drawing part you'll probably get the humor in the audio part.”

“There's not a lot of other stuff I admire about his content, but there's something about Howard Stern and his perseverance in a very difficult industry. He does tickle me in certain ways with humor.”

“Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.”

“Confidence and a good sense of humor can usually win a chick over.”

“Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there.”

“Humor in a relationship is so important. Many women will say that. Some say, 'If they can make you laugh, it's the sexiest thing on earth.'”

“One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation.”