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Quotes About Humor

Green pine trees, cranes and turtles ... You must tell a story of your hard times And laugh twice.
~ John Hersey
The moon is made of a green cheese.
~ John Heywood
My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not.
~ John Hodgman
One can always come up with funny lists and jokes. You know what? I take it back. Not everyone can always come up with funny lists and some jokes. I'm very lucky to have a gift where I can do that pretty ably.
~ John Hodgman
Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.
~ John Hodgman
It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.
~ John Irving
Where in the hell did you learn to fly, Horneman? Microsoft?
~ John J. Nance
I'm a handy-challenged, bona fide egghead who wouldn't know a drill bit from a sledgehammer." Now We Know Why It's Called a Punch List due for publication in 2019
~ John J. Parrino
los mejores chistes son lo que solo pueden escucharse a solas.
~ John Katzenbach
se dijo, los mejores chistes son lo que solo pueden escucharse a solas.
~ John Katzenbach
It was thus that the keynote of existence was struck for me, one of mirth even in the dark of storm, and that I have since become the oldest man that ever lived, and shall doubtless continue to the end of time to hold the record for longevity, I attribute to nothing else than that, thanks to my father's droll humor, I was born smiling.
~ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
Fishin' for whales is a nice gentle sport as long as you don't catch any.
~ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occassional cheese dip.
~ John Kennedy Toole
Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke.
~ John Krasinski
You can't do anything to be funny. That's cringeworthy. If your humor comes out of a place of love every time, you don't make the joke bigger than you. The funniest comedians are in touch with their emotional level.
~ John Krasinski
Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives?
~ John Kricfalusi
I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It's just a different style of humor.
~ John Kricfalusi
I wouldn't want to be treading too close behind you with the Pyms and the Fermanaghs in this Lobster Quadrille. You never know, I might wear me brown boots with me blue suit, and that would never do.
~ John Lawton
So Donald Trump and Sarah Palin are both drowning in the pool right in front of you, and you know there's only going to be a minute or two before one or both of them goes under. Here's the question: What kind of sandwich do you make?
~ John Lescroart
And then Ginny jumping in with, "So Donald Trump and Sarah Palin are both drowning in the pool right in front of you, and you know there's only going to be a minute or two before one or both of them goes under. Here's the question: What kind of sandwich do you make?
~ John Lescroart
Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
~ John Lithgow
I always knew I'd be preaching to the choir. Slap the title 'Dumpty' on a book of political humor, and your bias is glaringly obvious. From the beginning, I've intended these verses for people who oppose our current President, hoping to briefly yank them out of their chronic depression at his persistent grip on executive power.
~ John Lithgow
Almost any domestic cat can run faster than Usain Bolt.
~ John Lloyd
The phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" is often said to refer to a metallic grid with circular holes in it, set under a pyramid of cannonballs on a ship's deck to keep it stable. When this "brass monkey" got cold enough, the metal contracted and the cannonballs all popped out. In fact, the phrase means exactly what it says; the fake nautical euphemism is an attempt to make its rude humor more acceptable.
~ John Lloyd