Quotes About Humor

Hrishikesh Mukherjee's cinema brims with wit, charm and an inherent decency.

WILLMORE: Nay, if we part so, let me die like a Bird upon a Bough, at the Sheriff's Charge. By Heaven, both the Indies shall not buy thee from me. I adore thy Humour and will marry thee, and we are so of one Humour, it must be a Bargain - give me thy Hand - [Kisses her hand.] And now let the blind ones (Love and Fortune) do their worst.

The cat was created when the lion sneezed.

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.

Why do half the people I meet try to hit me with something? Yeah, yeah, I know, you don't even have to say it. "Because, the other half don't know me that well yet.

I yield to nobody in my admiration for God, but he's no good in bed.

oh shit, you had to be bloody careful when you invoked God; He could amuse Himself by granting what you'd prayed for . . .

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly

Matar padre dá um azar danado. Sobretudo para o padre.

I don't know what prevents me from roasting you with this torch.

And do you too grunt with joy and follow your mother, my little pigs?

Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh

Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right.

Comedy is allied to justice.

Humour is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour, for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

The secret to humour is surprise.

Wit is well-bred insolence.

Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.

Humor is... despair refusing to take itself seriously.

I felt very close to God.... My friends say that's because I was always on my knees.

Mona knocked at the wrong time. "Uh…yeah…wait a minute, Mona -- " Mona shouted through the door. "Room service, gentlemen. Just pull the covers up." Michael grinned at Jon. "My roommate. Brace yourself." Seconds later, Mona burst through the doorway with a tray of coffee and croissants. "Hi! I'm Nancy Drew! You must be the Hardy Boys!

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad.

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.

After I put on my bathing suit, you must not look at me until I get into the water.' 'Why not?' asked Frog. 'Because I look funny in my bathing suit. That is why.' said Toad.