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Quotes About Humor

Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.
~ Calvin Trillin
My problem with math was that I was never able to convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.
~ Calvin Trillin
Laughter is the genuine form of applause.
~ Camden Benares
Why do men have nipples? Because God is a woman and she really wants us to enjoy ourselves, that's why.
~ Cameron Dean
Deal. The pee nappies are yours.' Then she added, 'Your father can take care of the shitty ones.' Their laughter echoed through the deserted harbour. Anna would always remember that moment as one of the best in her life. That moment when the ice thawed.
~ Camilla Lackberg
The sensation when her nasal passages cleared was almost like an orgasm. Patrik liked to joke that if she ever had to choose between Sinex and sex, he would have to get himself a mistress.
~ Camilla Lackberg
We must accept our pain Change what we can and laugh at the rest
~ Camille Paglia
4/16/85: If I were thin, I'd never say "I am powerless over fudge." a) I can't believe I actually ever said that. b) Which, of course, isn't to say that I do have any power over fudge. Particularly if it has nuts.
~ Camryn Manheim
The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.
~ Candace Bushnell
Funny always makes the bad things go away.
~ Candace Bushnell
Who changes their legal name to Yarn Goddess? I mean, for real.
~ Candace Havens
Rudimac always peed in our shoes.
~ Candida Baker
Check her out. She"s fuckin" hot." "Wedding band," I say. "She sings in one?" "No, jackass. She's wearing one.
~ Caprice Crane
Oh, and by the way, Bed Bath & Beyond: Beyond? Really? Beyond? There is no Beyond! There's Kitchen! Beyond is Kitchen! You're Bed Bath & Kitchen! That's what you are! I don't give a crap if it's not alliterative!
~ Caprice Crane
Actually saying OMG out loud should only happen if you're being ironic or asking your phone for directions to the Oklahoma Meerkat Gardens.
~ Caprice Crane
I was on fire - or whatever the equivalent of 'on fire' is when you're 'in water'. ( En fuego sounds awesome. En agua , not so much. No offense, Michael Phelps. Or Aquaman. Or Nemo.)
~ Caprice Crane
Where he makes a jest, a problem lies concealed.
~ Carl E. Schorske
Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
~ Carl Hiaasen
Garcia wondered why people with JESUS stickers on their bumper always drove twenty miles per hour under the speed limit. If God was my co-pilot, he thought, I'd be doing a hundred and twenty.
~ Carl Hiaasen
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
~ Carl Hiaasen
My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
~ Carl Hiaasen
I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
~ Carl Hiaasen
My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.
~ Carl Hiaasen
Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering.
~ Carl Hiaasen