Quotes About Humor

Of course, government in general, any government anywhere, is a thing of exquisite comicality to a discerning mind;

He was a corpulent man, with a gift for sly chaffing, which to the end of his life he exercised in his intercourse with his son, a little pityingly, as if upon a half-witted person.

that there are limitations to the Jewish response of humor when Jews today face murderous, humorless terrorists in the Middle East or the cowardly politicians of Europe seeking the votes of their increasingly Muslim electorates.

These kids could have starred in a social media campaign for vasectomies.

It's always helpful to have a sense of humor about one's own mental foibles. By

That's another thing that pisses me off about that Michelangelo statue of me in Florence. He's got me standing there uncircumcised! Who the fuck did he think I was?

Haven't you got anything humorous that stays away from waters and valleys and God? I'd like to keep away from the subject of religion altogether if we can." The chaplain was apologetic. I'm sorry, sir, but just about all the prayers I know are rather somber in tone and make at least some passing reference to God.

It sure is a pleasure not having Flume around in the mess hall any more. No more of that 'Pass the salt, Walt.' Or 'Pass the bread, Fred.' Or 'Shoot me a beet, Pete.

Being born with a sickly resemblance to Henry Fonda was the first of a long series of practical jokes of which destiny was to make Major Major the unhappy victim throughout his joyless life. Being born Major Major Major was the second

Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. That's some catch, that Catch-22, he observed. It's the best there is, Doc Daneeka agreed.

You pompous, rotund, neighborly, vacuous, complacent... - Yossarian

All right, I'll dance with you," she said, before Yossarian could even speak. "But I won't let you sleep with me." "Who asked you?" Yossarian asked her. "You don't want to sleep with me?" she exclaimed with surprise. "I don't want to dance with you.

Clevinger really thought he was right, but Yossarian had proof, because strangers he didn't know shot at him with cannons every time he flew up into the air to drop bombs on them, and it wasn't funny at all

Lehet, hogy egy hosszú életet tényleg sok kellemetlen körülménnyel kell megtölteni, ha azt akarjuk, hogy hosszúnak látsszon. De ha így van, kinek kell? – Nekem – mondta neki Dunbar. – Miért? – kérdezte Clevinger. – Tudsz jobbat?

That goddam stunted, red-faced, big-cheeked, apple-cheeked, curlyheaded, midget assed, , google-eyed, undersized, grinning, buck-toothed rat!! Yossarian sputtered. ~ Catch-22

I'd rather have peanut brittle crumbs on my face than flies in my eyes," Havermeyer retorted.

Yossarian wrinkled his forehead with quizzical amusement. "You won't marry me because I'm crazy, and you say I'm crazy because I want to marry you? Is that right?

Oh, don't you worry about that," Yossarian comforted him with a toneless snicker as the engines of the jeeps and ambulance fractured the drowsy silence and the vehicles in the rear began driving away backward.

Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity by this clause of Catch-22 and let a respectful whistle. 'That's some catch, that Catch-22,' he observed. 'It's the best there is,' agreed Doc Daneeka.

but Yossarian had proof, because strangers he didn't know shot at him with cannons every time he flew up into the air to drop bombs on them, and it wasn't funny at all. And if that wasn't funny, there were lots of things that weren't even funnier.

My balls are gone!

Chocolate-covered cotton.

Joseph Heller

And if that wasn't funny, there were lots of things that weren't even funnier.