Quotes about Humor
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.
— Lily Tomlin
When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
— William Temple
Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race. When asked what went wrong, Perry said, I guess America is not ready to elect a dumb guy from Texas. But in time.
— Conan O'Brien
I hope people'll find out pretty quickly that the guy they saw for 10 years was my sense of humor the whole time.
— Stephen Colbert
To place man properly at the present time, he stands somewhere between the angels and the French.
— Mark Twain
April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four..
— Mark Twain
The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.
— Mark Twain
I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead, Spencer is dead, so is Milton, so is Shakespeare, and I'm not feeling so well myself.
— Mark Twain
Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
— Mark Twain
I don't like to commit myself about Heaven and Hell, you see, I have friends in both places.
— Mark Twain
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
— Mark Twain
Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.
— Mark Twain