Quotes on humor

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. ― Jim Henson

 The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. ― Albert Einstein

 The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. ― Terry Pratchett

 The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you. ― Rita Mae Brown

 A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road. ― Henry Ward Beecher

 A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. ― William Arthur Ward

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

 Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. ― Mark Twain

 Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. ― E. B. White

 When humor goes, there goes civilization. ― Erma Bombeck

 The secret to humor is surprise. ― Aristotle

 I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.― Frank Howard Clark

 Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.― Langston Hughes

 Humor is a rubber sword - it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.― Mary Hirsch

 Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. ― Robert Benchley

 A study of economics reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year. ― Marty Allen

 I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies. ― Lemony Snicket

 That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.― A. Whitney Brown

 I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. ― Jane Austen

 When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'. ― Groucho Marx

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