Quotes About Humor

Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.

Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!

The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.

You had lots of visitors, but they were all quiet." "Oh real funny. Tease the blind man." ~Trella to Logan, pg. 114-115

Right now I don't call it the menopause, I call it men-on-pause.

Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?

A gentleman is a man who can play the banjo, but doesn't.

When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works harm to his cause.

You have heretofore found out, by my teachings, that man is a fool; you are now aware that woman is a damned fool.

It is a solemn thought: dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork.

I thought you were going to break out into the running man, Carlton?

A wise man once asked me, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" I thought for a minute, then I slapped him across the face. That got him off my back.

If you want my views of history, there's something you should know. The three men I admire the most are Curly, Larry, and Mo.

I know. I seriously need to just give up men entirely. I wonder if Episcopalians can enter convents?

Water jokes about the obstacles on its way; wise man jokes about the obstacles on his way!

Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh

My father was a very funny man, and one of my strongest recollections is hearing him laugh. He didn't like people who had no sense of humour.

Is not parody the eternal lot of man?

That's the one nice thing about being a dork about men: you can sometimes play it off as restrained and classy.

In my writers' room, which is mostly men, I get a lot of questions like "What would be the quickest way to pass as a seemingly normal guy between the ages of twenty-five and forty years old?"

If I was a locksmith, I'd be pimping that out man. I'll trade you a free key duplication for. That joke made me laugh before I could finish it, which is good, because it had no ending.

You're a big one,[...] a tall drink of water, but I got to tell you, you don't look too bright. I got a son, stupid as a man who bought his stupid at a two-for-one sale, and you remind me of him.

I'm comedy's forgotten nearly man.

I've decided to just keep doing Oh, Hello, where I play an older man who thinks he's very cultured. That clearly has not gone away.