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Quotes About Humor

I give the worst possible relationship advice to people. I am not ashamed.
~ Anna Faris
ironia este însu?irea fundamental? a providen?ei
~ Honore de Balzac
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
~ Honore de Balzac
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
~ Honore de Balzac
each variety of humor is a sort of totem, making at once for unity and separation. Its votaries it unites into a closely-knit brotherhood, but it separates them sharply off from all the rest of the world.
~ Unknown
Master Nathaniel Chanticleer, the actual head of the family, was a typical Dorimarite in appearance; rotund, rubicund, red-haired, with hazel eyes in which the jokes, before he uttered them, twinkled like a trout in a burn.
~ Unknown
You would fare far better with a lover who makes you laugh than one who makes you curse - and cry," he added, stepping to the cone of colored light. Beyond mortified, Phoebe dashed a quick hand across her damp eyes, hoping he might at least miss that much of her shame. "Sir, you should have made your presence known." One dark brow arched upward, "I believe I am doing just that.
~ Unknown
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant.
~ Horace
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence It's good to be silly at the right moment.
~ Horace
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is.
~ Horace Walpole
I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
~ Horatio Nelson
The tenets (and limits) of behaviorism are well conveyed in an old joke: Two behaviorists make love. The first then says to the second, "Well, it was great for you. But tell me, how was it for me?
~ Howard Gardner
Come over,' he said. 'I'll order in Chinese.' 'You speak Chinese now?' 'Funny guy, Libor. Be here at eight.' 'You sure you're up for it?' 'I'm a philosopher, I'm not sure about anything.'..
~ Howard Jacobson
He who trains his tongue to quote the learned sages will be known, far and wide, as a smart-ass.
~ Unknown
Yes, I believe blue material is funny, but if that's all you've got, you're dead in the water. It's not good.
~ Howard Stern
Why be uptight about bowel movements and sex? We all have sex. We all have penises -- except for those of us who have vaginas.
~ Howard Stern
Howard: I didn't realize you had a first wife. Ozzy: She's now got a job swimming up and down Loch Ness while the monster takes a break.
~ Howard Stern
Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade - gigolo - John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He's in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he's Steve Jobs.
~ Howie Carr
My perspective on my mother has changed immensely. She was a lot taller when I was younger.
~ Howie Mandel
Johnson had a sense of humor, and he could kid with me," he would say. "Johnson didn't enjoy talking with most liberals. He didn't think they had a sense of humor.
~ Hubert H. Humphrey
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
~ Hubert Humphrey
Harry grinned as the others laughed and took time out to take a poke on his cigarette, then rubbed the tip of his nose with the back of his hand. I should have you all locked up for interferin with religious freedom.
~ Unknown
All the energy of their frustration and fear going into their laughter.
~ Unknown
If there's one thing I know, it's that God does love a good joke.
~ Hugh Elliott