Quotes About Humor

Nothing seems too high or low for the humorist; he is above honor, above faith, preserving sense in religion and sanity in life.

The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they always got the girls. I couldn't tell a joke to save my life.

I remember when I got my first Adam Sandler CD and it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard in my entire life, and continues to be.

I always thought realistic was a better way to explain things that were "dramedies" because life is like that. It's funny, it's dramatic and to me that's how I see it.

Why is it when I'm the one shot, I'm a baby, but when it's you, it's a matter of life and death and national security? (Joe) Because I'm cuter in a short skirt. (Tee)

Fine, just don't eat my mom, okay? She's had a bad enough life without becoming the Bride of Dracula." – Nick

I think the jokes would have been a bit broader and a bit more obvious in terms of the day-to-day of country life.

Oh, this shouldn't be allowed. There should be a rule which says that people you've met in the gym should never meet you in real life.

There was never any point in my life when I wasn't called Mr. Donen. I'm told my first words were, 'Call me Mr. Donen.' But I suspect that's apocryphal. My mother, Mrs. Donen, tended to exaggerate.

NASA scientists have discovered a new form of life, unfortunately, it won't date them either.

Trust Emmett to find the joke in the destruction of my life.

I have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this story of my father and me to let you know I am qualified to be a comedian.

If the cartoon were completely accurate, though, life would be a cacophany of spoinks.

Winny and I lived in a house that ran on static electricity. If you wanted to run the blender, you had to rub balloons on your head. If you wanted to cook, you had to pull off a sweater real quick

To me, comedy is just twisting reality. It's commenting or observing or twisting life.

I try to look on the sunny side of life. If something dramatic happens to me, I always try to recount it as a comedy tale, rather than a victim's story.

Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.

Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense.

I think the word "intelligent" dictates a lot about someone's sense of humor, and the terms of reference in your life, the way you interpret something you read or a painting you look at or something.

Like most men, I'm a life support system for a phallus.

If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.

I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for them is not very long, and the joke becomes old news very quickly.

For one thing, I don't pun excessively in real life.

Live a good long life. Grow old and die after I do. And if you can, die laughing.