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Quotes About Humor

The Scroll Marked VII I will laugh at the world.
~ Og Mandino
Sammy's so confused he don't know whether to scratch his watch or wind his butt. -Steel Magnolias
~ Olivia Goldsmith
Everybody looks at their poop.
~ Oprah Winfrey
I have a special pair of poop shoes under my desk. Whenever I need to drop a deuce, I slip them on and scurry to the restroom, and no one ever knows it's me. Like, if I'm wearing Louboutins that day, and my producer sees Earth shoes in the stall....well, you get the idea. It was truly a lightbulb moment when that came to me.
~ Oprah Winfrey
people who make fun of everything can never truly fall in love, nor truly believe in God.
~ Orhan Pamuk
it was one of those revolutionary gestures that you laugh about years later, when you're remembering the good old days when you were political.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Whoop-de-do, said Ram. What? I'm celebrating. Was that irony or loss of mental function? asked the expendable. Was that a rhetorical questions, a bit of humor, or a sign that you are losing confidence in me? I have no confidence in you, Ram, said the expendable. Well, thanks. You're welcome.
~ Orson Scott Card
He toyed with the idea of trying to be like the other boys. But he couldn't think of any jokes, and none of theirs seemed funny. Wherever their laughter came from, Ender couldn't find such a place in himself. He was afraid, and fear made him serious.
~ Orson Scott Card
The univers is statistically more likely to be ironic than not
~ Orson Scott Card
In the silence, the bear died. It was a cute death, with funny music.
~ Orson Scott Card
Another oral exam, huh?' Peter said. 'Shut up, Peter,' said Valentine. 'You should relax and enjoy it,' said Peter. 'It could be worse.' 'I don't know how.' 'It could be an anal exam.
~ Orson Scott Card
I suppose this means you can swim after all. Or am I supposed to tow you? If you really try, said Loaf, grinning, you might not die.
~ Orson Scott Card
He was discovered with his feet stuck to the ceiling in the bathroom with his head stuffed in the toilet...
~ Orson Scott Card
Humor depends on the teller and hearer of the jest standing in the same place.
~ Orson Scott Card
I steal, Winkle said, with a smile that said I'm joking and a glint in his eye that said I'm not.
~ Orson Scott Card
Graff smiled a little Mona Lisa smile, if Mona Lisa had been a pudgy colonel.
~ Orson Scott Card
Unless he's really clever," said Theresa. "Smarter than us?" said Peter. He and John Paul looked at each other. Then both of them shook their heads, said, "Naw," and then burst out laughing.
~ Orson Scott Card
How many times are you two going to have to save me from myself before this whole drama runs its course?" asked Peter. "I think…six times," said Father. "No, eight," said Mother. "You two think you're so cute," said Peter. "Mm-hm." "Yep.
~ Orson Scott Card
It's laugh or cry, said Rigg. Cry then. Give the old man his due.
~ Orson Scott Card
I can't do a weekly column," Valentine said. "I don't even have a monthly period yet.
~ Orson Scott Card
Or maybe laughter was how they pushed painful memories out of their minds. Perhaps laughter was the only way they could keep from killing each other.
~ Orson Scott Card
Mother's ironic vision of life as one prank after another
~ Orson Scott Card
Mother's ironic vision of life as one prank after another, in the midst of which you did what was needed.
~ Orson Scott Card
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
~ Orson Scott Card