Humor Quotes

“Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all.”

-- Theodore Sturgeon

“To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.”

-- Mike Mills

“I appreciate humor so much, but I'm actually not a funny girl.”

-- Emmanuelle Chriqui

“A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.”

-- Josh Bowman

“I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart.”

-- Carmen Electra

“Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear.”

-- Thomas W. Higginson

“I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.”

-- John Malkovich

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”

-- Bill Cosby

“Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.”

-- John Ratzenberger

“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