“Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.”

“Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.”

“A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.”

“At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.”

“I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor.”

“If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.”

“Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.”

“We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.”

“When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.”