Humor Quotes

“Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that the other comedians hate because they're just, you know, doing kind of cheap stuff like dancing around or doing, like, very kind of base sex humor a lot, and stuff like that.”

-- Aziz Ansari

“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