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Quotes About Humor

These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the new black.
~ Barack Obama
Smile...it kills time between disasters.
~ Barbara Johnson
The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane, I view it as a failed suicide attempt.
~ Barry Sonnenfeld
It takes time to develop a sense of humor, shared world views.
~ Ben Affleck
I once got sacked for laughing ... mind you, I was driving a hearse at the time.
~ Bernard Manning
Time magazine put Chris Christie on the cover with the caption, 'The Elephant in the Room.' And People magazine named him 'Sexiest Garbage Truck in a Suit.'
~ Bill Maher
I don't really read the reviews, but I remember one a long time ago I read that said that I had a face like a potato.
~ Bill Murray
From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.
~ Billy Crystal
A crisis + time = humor.
~ Blaine Lee Pardoe
Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells 'Fore!' the guy he's hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
~ Bob Hope
I've been playing golf a long time, although it's not really true that on my first round they strapped my bag on the back of a dinosaur.
~ Bob Hope
The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.
~ Bob Newhart
I always tell Bobby he was up in the air so so long that I had had time to shower and change before he hit the ice.
~ Bobby Orr
I don't think cops should wear mirrored sunglasses; the whole time the guy was chewing me out, all I could think was I should cut my bangs.
~ Bonnie McFarlane
I've decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully – in about 200 years' time.
~ Brian Clough
In comedy timing is everything, but Betty White is the rarest of comics who seems to have mastered time itself.
~ Brian Williams
If I had a choice, I would do comedy all the time. It's just the most challenging thing. To make someone laugh is the most challenging thing, and the most rewarding thing, in entertainment.
~ Bruce Willis
Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity.
~ Carson Kressley
I might have been able to make it as a pitcher except for one thing: I had a rather awkward motion and every time I brought my left arm forward I hit myself in the ear.
~ Casey Stengel
You called me and said you were home and wanted to go out for a pizza." "I did? What time is it?" "Time for pizza," [Catarina] replied.
~ Cassandra Clare
Every time John Travolta assaults a masseur, a scientologist gets their wings.
~ Chelsea Handler
We were so poor; the ultimate luxury in our house at the time was ashtrays without advertisements.
~ Chic Murray
If you do a joke that's really old, then what happens is people on Reddit and Twitter just go, 'Real original, you're just doing old jokes!' But bands do it all the time.
~ Chris Hardwick
I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't know if my fiancee would necessarily agree.
~ Chris O'Dowd