“Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”

“People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.”

“He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.”

“I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.”

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.”

“I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.”

“If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor.”

“I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.”

“It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”

“Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important.”

“In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets you may not find something to laugh about immediately.”

“Humor is healing.”

“My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.”

“It's self-effacing, it's hard-luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor.”

“I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.”

“The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.”

“People who know me know I have a sense of humor that can really push the envelope.”

“I can't not put humor in a book.”

“Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles.”

“G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.”

“In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.”