Quotes About Humor

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

cheer the fuck up and eat your burger.

Ridiculous," he said breathlessly. "You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing.

A leg?" repeated Detective Inspector Eric Wardle on the end of the line. "A fucking leg? " "And it's not even my size," said Strike, a joke he would not have made had Robin been present.

I was nearly christened Eric Bloom Strike,' he said and Robin choked on her water. He laughed as she coughed into a napkin. 'Let's face it, Cormoran's not much bloody better. Cormoran Blue—' ' Blue? ' 'Blue Öyster Cult, aren't you listening?' 'God,' said Robin. 'You keep that quiet.' 'Wouldn't you?

She is a woman of an excellent assurance, and an extraordinary happy wit, and tongue. Ben Jonson, Epicoene, or The Silent Woman

Erudite, for a woman who confuses "you're" and "your" and goes in for random capitalisation.' 'We can't all be literary geniuses,' said Robin reproachfully. 'Thank Christ for that, from all I'm hearing about them.

He had found humor in darker places.

Just wondered if you were up for a pint. Could bring your Robin along, so Penny's got someone to talk to. Unless, I dunno, the fucking Queen's got a job for you." "Well, she has, but I told her the waiting list's full.

Na ja, bei ihm heißt Chard 'Phallus Impudicus', und ..." [...] "Er heißt 'unzüchtiger Pimmel'?

Rudeness isn't funny.' 'It bloody is,' said the first twin, to the raucous laughter of the second.

At least you didn't punch her," said Robin. "In her wheelchair. In front of all the art lovers." Strike began to laugh.

Do whatever you want with this dedication, but don't— don't— use it on your eyebrows.

He laughed at that. 'You're

My colleagues, they study artificial intelligence. Me? I study natural stupidity.

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion." (Truvey Jones)

Ouiser, you sound almost chipper. What happened today - you run over a small child or something?" ~Clairee (Steel Magnolias)

Pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions.

If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

TEARS OF A CLOWN My boyfriend said, "I think clown makeup is really sexy." Shortly thereafter, he whispered in my ear, "Seriously, babe, it's a major turn-on." He wasn't joking. —Chelsea

Madame, you must be gay; only thus can life be endured. I speak from experience for I have had to endure much, and have only been able to endure it because I have always laughed whenever I had the chance.

Everyone knows the nature of colic," quipped Frederick of Prussia. "When a heavy drinker dies from colic, it teaches us to be sober," deadpanned Voltaire.

She (historian Barbara Tuchman) draws on skepticism, not cynicism, leaving the reader not so much outraged by human ability as amused and saddened by human folly.