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Quotes About Humor

It is not in the power of every one to taste humor, however he may wish it; it is the gift of God! and a true feeler always brings half the entertainment along with him.
~ Laurence Sterne
If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.
~ Fred Allen
A power nap, is when you sleep on someone who's weaker than you
~ Demetri Martin
I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.
~ Alice Walker
I think maybe, if I could be a Canadian super hero, I'd have some kind of freezing power and some sort of maple syrup weapon. Could be a little sticky.
~ Nathan Fillion
Laughter is a sense of proportion and a power of seeing yourself from the outside.
~ Zero Mostel
The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water.
~ Oscar Wilde
When you lose the power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight.
~ Jerome Lawrence
You're trying to make someone wet their pants and you're trying to make somebody crap in their pants. That's the motivation of a comic. Who else has that power?
~ J. B. Smoove
He has the vocal modulation of a railway-station announcer, the expressive power of a fence-post and the charisma of a week-old head of lettuce.
~ Fintan O'Toole
When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!
~ Rachel Bilson
What, no Power Rangers Band-Aids ?" "Shut up, Garett." "Yes, ma'am.
~ Cindy Gerard
Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
~ J. Tillman
By the power of Steven Wright's Beard!
~ Craig Ferguson
By the power of the superglue beer sword, I designate you my driver!
~ John Green
I don't know if I've ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from 'Right Ho, Jeeves.' It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up.
~ Lev Grossman
Sometimes I joke around that if I weren't a musician, I would be a power lifter. I don't think people expect it from me because I'm little.
~ Mirah
I travel with a boom box. When I get on a plane, I stuff the power cord for the boom box into the battery compartment. From an outsider's point of view, it looks like I've got it all wrong.
~ Mitch Hedberg
Dean: If there is a greater power, why is it he can't get you a new sweater? Jamie: Because, he's too busy looking for your brain.
~ Nicholas Sparks
Comedy is something that we can all share, no matter what language we speak or our background, it has the power to unite us all.
~ Paul Goodman
The people who fear humor - and they are many - are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights, to question received opinions and to suggest unforeseen possibilities.
~ Robertson Davies
[T]he world we live in is governed by the most revolting bunch of crooks ever to defile the soil of this planet... [You] must never take them seriously, which is exactly what they want.
~ Albert Cossery, The Jokers
My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
~ Tamora Pierce
Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.
~ Reinhold Niebuhr