Quotes About Humorist

What's that got to do with it?" Sam said. "A humorist is a man whose soul is black, black, but who turns his curdles of darkness into explosions of light. But when the light dies out, the black returns.

Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.

As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.

As Henry G. Felsen, a humorist and no medical authority, pointed out quite a while ago, proper treatment will cure a cold in seven days, but left to itself a cold will hang on for a week.

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

The American humorist sat on his couch suffering thoughts of her, trying to figure out how to win back her affections, wondering what had happened between them or just tumbling head-over-heels down into romantic oblivion where the image of a remembered kiss provokes bottomless despair and makes death seem like the right idea. He experienced the basics of love ended.

When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works harm to his cause.

I learned as a young man that I don't write jokes, but that I can deliver more mundane material and get a laugh. I call myself a humorist.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

Youve got to be [an] optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one.

There is no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses not only his sense of humor but his value as a humorist.

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist" gives you a valid excuse to hide from your pain.

The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.

He was a humorist, and everyone knew the funny writers were the most serious sort under their skins.

I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things.

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

Cake or death?

No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.

I just try to keep it fresh without sacrificing funny.