Humor Quotes

We do not take humor seriously enough.

There’s a hell of a difference between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

When I see an exceedingly solemn man, I know he is an exceedingly stupid man. No man of any humor ever founded a religion – never. Humor sees both sides. While reason is the holy light, humor carries the lantern, and the man with a keen sense of humor is preserved from the solemn stupidities […]

Humor is the sunshine of the mind.

To compare Mark Twain’s humour with (Oscar) Wilde’s was like comparing a giraffe with a gazelle.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record.

Learning humor is like learning math – practice makes perfect.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.