Humor Quotes
“Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.”
“I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.”
-- Sloane Crosley
“Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.”
-- Russell Baker
“The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.”
-- David Sedaris