Quotes About Humor

Nu înÈ›elegeam niciodat? când glumea. Pe la noi, când se glumeÅŸte, se spune ceva, apoi se râde zgomotos, încât toÈ›i s? poat? lua parte la glum?. Guglielmo râdea, în schimb, numai când spunea lucruri serioase ÅŸi r?mânea foarte serios când de fapt glumea.

hay que valerse de la risa para desarmar la seriedad de los oponentes, y a la risa, en cambio, oponer la seriedad.

Poate c? datoria celui care-i iubeÅŸte pe oameni este s?-i fac? s? râd? de adev?r, s? fac? adev?rul s? râd?, pentru c? singurul adev?r este s? înv???m s? ne eliber?m de pasiunea nes?n?toas? pentru adev?r.

Monkeys do not laugh. Laughter is particular to men.

Siz gülmeye gülüyorsunuz, ama gene de gülüyorsunuz.

Do not expect too much of the end of the world. —StanisÅ'aw J. Lec, Aforyzmy. Fraszki, Kraków, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1977, "MyÅ›li nieuczesane

Admittenda tibi joca sunt post seria quaedam, sed tamen et dignis ipsa gerenda modis». Y

With irony we say the opposite of truth.

I remembered one of the many stories about him: some impudent young Parisian had made a malicious reference in his presence to the latest theories suggesting a link between primitive man and lower species. Dumas replied: "Yes, sir, I do indeed come from the monkey. But you, sir, are returning to one!

Quizá la tarea del que ama a los hombres consista en lograr que éstos se rían de la verdad, lograr que la verdad ría, porque la única verdad consiste en aprender a liberarnos de la insana pasión por la verdad.

Verba vana aut risui apta non loqui (????? ??????, ? ??? ????????? ?????, ?? ?? ????????).

Dieve--but I'm glad I'm not a hog.

The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. In other words, I can only recommend perspective and distance.

I know the sort of doctors it have in Trinidad,' my mother used to say. 'They think nothing of killing two three people before breakfast.' This wasn't as bad as it sounds: in Trinidad the midday meal is called breakfast.

Laughter is nature's ok signal.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

He spread his hands in a self-deprecating gesture. 'Well, I'm not a cop. And I'm not a woman.' She couldn't resist. 'I had noticed.

It looked like speed-dating for the dysfunctional.

A pun is its own reword.

The ability to laugh at yourself is a sign of higher intelligence.

As she passed her son-in-law's room, she would repeat a joke she had heard from the workers at the factory: 'We, the owners, must be at work by six, our employees by nine.

I suppose candles are a phallic symbol, too." "Those certainly are. Just look at them. They're penis-size. They're even flesh-colored!

Yes," Mr. Finchley lied bravely. Theoretically his knowledge of car driving was complete. Actually, he knew as much about them as he did about women.

E cunoscut faptul c? umorul, mai mult decât orice alt atribut uman, înlesneÈ™te o anumit? detaÈ™are È™i permite individului s? se ridice deasupra circumstanÈ›elor, fie È™i numai pentru câteva momente.