Many comedians and comedy writers have shared the childhood experience of learning to joke to protect themselves from neighborhood bullies when challenge… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Laughter would appear to be a physical reflex, although even if it is, this still leaves unanswered the question of why the… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
“When my mother passed away several years ago—well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’ She died. Something about that verb,… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Given a little time for the pain to subside, dreadful experiences often can be the basis of funny jokes or stories. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
We will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that we have no sense of humor. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Without laughter life on our planet would be intolerable. So important is laughter to us that humanity highly rewards members of one… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
There used to be an art form called the 'comedy of manners.' Why aren't comedies of manners made now in this country?… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Much of the best humor is found in the frequently tragic reality of human experience. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
If we do not know what humor is, that may be because we do not know what humankind is. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
To the extent that there is anything properly identifiable as dignity in our society today, our present writers of comedy would be… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
In general, the straight line of a joke sets up a premise, an expectation. Then the funny ending - the punch line… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Consider the wave of revulsion that floods the average person when he or she hears of the practice of human sacrifice by the Aztecs… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Just as with cars, it's critical to know the fuel efficiency of black holes. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
The fundamentalist believer is mostly a weird intellectual who often lacks real faith altogether. As a self-appointed attorney for God, who is in no… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
There is not the slightest question but that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only on the… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
I personally find it difficult to accept that there could be anyone on earth insensitive to the comic abilities of Laurel and Hardy, Sid… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
The Bible is unfortunately unclear on a long list of moral and social questions and sex is one of them. On the one hand,… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Pretend you're a southern sheriff. Or Mae West. Or Donald Duck. Buy a western hat and walk around the house like a cowboy. The… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
In those of us who have the mysterious ability to amuse others, it is usually the case that even before we were aware of… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
