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Quotes About Humor

I'm thankful for the three ounce Ziploc bag, so that I have somewhere to put my savings.
~ Paula Poundstone
The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.
~ Paula Poundstone
I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.
~ Paula Poundstone
I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe.
~ Paula Poundstone
I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family.
~ Paula Poundstone
The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.
~ Paula Poundstone
It is my wish to die of unique causes, perhaps in a high-speed tricycle crash, a bizarre stapling incient, or as a result of inadvertently sucking my brains out through my ear while trying to untwist the vacuum hose.
~ Paula Poundstone
My mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.
~ Paula Poundstone
Violists hate it when we violinists crack viola jokes.
~ Unknown
It had been about as fun as a fun run, an oxymoron if she had ever heard one, with heavy emphasis on the moron part.
~ Unknown
Pryor's comedy isn't based on suspiciousness about whites, or on anger, either; he's gone way past that. Whites are unbelievable to him.
~ Pauline Kael
Tatiana hugged him and said, "And here's mine: 'Honey, what do you prefer—my beautiful body or my beautiful face?'" "Your sense of humor," returned Alexander, holding her to him until she couldn't breathe.
~ Paullina Simons
Ladies," Alexander said, his arm around Tatiana's neck, "we're newlyweds." He raised his eyebrows. "Do you really want us in your house?
~ Paullina Simons
My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.
~ Pauly Shore
Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Eran pelandrujas. Inconfundibles. Movían la pelvis provocativamente, se reían a carcajadas sin motivo.
~ Pedro Juan Gutierrez
La pobre novela de la risa nacional se complace en inventar estereotipos de pobres hilachentos y mujeres de cuatro dientes, degradados por el sin sentido de sus parches.
~ Unknown
público chileno que tanto ama la ridiculización de sus personajes populares.
~ Unknown
Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?
~ Peg Bracken
How to Comfort Yourself When You Have Acted Like a Jackass Everyone does this occasionally, and you shouldn't feel too upset about it unless it happens quite often, such as three times a day, in which case you must simply get used to it. Remember, other people like you as well or better for it, because it makes them feel so superior; so you've spread a little sunshine. And at the very least, you've served as a bad example.
~ Peg Bracken
She was secretly amused by the man who managed to give the impression of moving in all directions while standing still.
~ Unknown
Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.
~ Peggy Noonan
Amelia Bedelia," said Mrs. Rogers, "Christmas is just around the corner." "It is?" said Amelia Bedelia. "Which corner?" Mrs. Rogers lauhged and said, "I mean tomorrow is Christmas Day." "I know that," said Amelia Bedelia.
~ Peggy Parish