“I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.”

“Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.”

“The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.”

“Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.”

“My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.”

“Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God.”