Humor Quotes

“My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.”

-- Carl Hiaasen

“I don't know if my sense of humor goes over Americans' heads.”

-- Ryan Kwanten

“You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.”

-- Bill Cosby

“A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?”

-- Bob Hope

“If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.”

-- Alan Thicke

“I try to bring it across on my record, in my dress, in what I do and what I say because to me humor is important. You should have a dose of that and I guess giving it is what I'm here for.”

-- Bootsy Collins

“Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time.”

-- Suzanne Fields

“Cynicism is humor in ill health.”

-- H. G. Wells

“I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.”

-- Colm Meaney

“Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.”

-- Doris Roberts