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Quotes About Humor

Anyone who thinks it's funny to name their network "Tom'sHugeEtc" is going to think it's funny that one of his neighbors is also named Tom and is embarrassed by it.
~ Mallory Ortberg
David Sedaris wrote in one of his books that people like to make children into little grown-ups, which to him is about as funny as a dog in sunglasses.
~ Mara Wilson
I always thought I was funny, but I was very sensitive, and very provocative just to get a rise out of people.
~ Marc Maron
People who laugh so heartily at what they themselves have said, when it is not funny, dispense us accordingly, by taking upon themselves the responsibility for the mirth, from joining in it.
~ Marcel Proust
A lot of the stuff Kafka said he thought was hilariously funny.
~ Margaret Atwood
I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out.
~ Margaret Cho
My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.
~ Margaret Cho
There's a lot of guy comics who I think are funny, but I generally am more excited about a special or a show where there are females.
~ Margaret Cho
... it is curious how fatal it is, either to a situation or to an individual, or even to a name, if in an evil moment it becomes funny.
~ Margaret Deland
My way of looking at the world is that if it is true, it is funny and it is dark. No matter how dark it is, I just think it is funny. I can't help it.
~ Maria Semple
I like to make jokes; I consider myself a funny person. I just think making jokes about people who are in a situation beyond their control is not funny to them or their families.
~ Maria Shriver
My wife is so funny and talented and never lets anybody fail next to her.
~ Mark Consuelos
I do jokes about what's funny, and both sides are funny.
~ Mark Russell
I always feel bad laughing at people who act crazy. But sometimes the things they do are so damned funny. I wonder what I'd look like if I slipped a few notches on the mental-health index.
~ Martha Manning
Which weakness shall I tell her? "I walk funny," I say, and she's satisfied with that. (inside joke)
~ Mary E. Pearson
You wouldn't know how to perform a sketch that you don't find funny. You just couldn't do it.
~ Matt Lucas
A lot of times, as a clown, you find acting for a reason. It's a way to exercise yourself. If you're funny, you test yourself.
~ Matthew Lillard
I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.
~ Matthew Lillard
I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.
~ Maya Rudolph
Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.
~ Maynard James Keenan
There are nice, funny, totally good-looking guys out there. You just have to know where to look…and apparently, where NOT to look.
~ Meg Cabot
We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.
~ Meg Cabot
When the situation is serious, don't be funny; and when the situation is funny, don't be serious!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
When anyone lacks self-awareness and doesn't recognize their transparencies, it's always funny.
~ Merrill Markoe