Quotes about Humor

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

Fred: "Is that brick wall your boyfriend?" Doug: "Only in my dreams." Fred: "Oh, you too? I'm Fred." Doug: "Doug. I should mention, in all fairness though that Christy's boyfriend is my best friend. He's the brick wall you should be worried about.

IRISH BLESSING   And may I conclude with a little Irish blessing — although, some suggest it's a curse: May those who love us, love us. And those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts. And if He doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. Speech on Administrative Goals to Senior Presidential Appointees, September 8, 1987

The only intelligent tactical response to life's horror is to laugh defiantly at it

I opened my eyes and saw the real world, and I began to laugh, and i haven't stopped since.

I choose one thing: always to have the laughter on my side.

Ten years from now you'll laugh at whatever's stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Non-comprehenders are often distressed. Not you, though-because with good humor you're blessed. After all, your thoughts went like this, I dare say: It was none but the Lord who made us that way.

I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.

T}here is a point at which even grief feels absurd. And at this point, laughter gushes up to retrieve sanity.

I already had my bad luck,' she say. 'I had enough to keep me laughing the rest of my life.