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

“And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.”

-- Damon Wayans

“Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.”

-- Adam Clymer

“Solutions-oriented campaigning with a little passion and a little humor I think that will go a long way. I think people are desperate for it.”

-- Laura Ingraham

“Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike.”

-- Trey Parker

“When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.”

-- Francois Truffaut

“I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.”

-- Jim Goad

“Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for about 95 percent of the audience. The other five percent are why the 'Delete' option and restraining orders were invented.”

-- Richard Roeper

“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.”

-- Edward de Bono

“Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.”

-- Mason Cooley