But the deep background that lies behind and beyond what we call humor is revealed only to the few who, by instinct or by effort, have given thought to it. The world’s humor, in its best and greatest sense, is perhaps the highest product of our civilization. Its basis lies in the deeper contrasts offered […]
Humor Quotes
There are those who, in their pride and their innocence, dedicate their careers to writing humorous pieces. Poor dears, the world is stacked against them from the start, for everybody in it has the right to look at their work and say, ‘I don’t think that’s funny.’
A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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.
