Humor Quotes

“I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.”

-- Josh Gad

“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”

-- Erma Bombeck

“I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyone's eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming.”

-- Madeleine Stowe

“Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it.”

-- Malcolm Muggeridge

“In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.”

-- Jeremy Renner

“I've got a great sense of humor.”

-- Anthony Hopkins

“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”

-- Erma Bombeck

“It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.”

-- Edward de Bono

“Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.”

-- Carl Hiaasen

“Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.”

-- Madonna Ciccone