Humor Quotes · Page 349

I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and…

— Harold Ramis

Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than…

— Ernest Renan

“It’s not that the scene which is unfolding for you is out there – it’s coming from in here.”

— Art Hochberg

“Natural law says that matter cannot be created or destroyed, but that was pre-spanx.”

— Lisa Scottoline

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

— Sharon Gless

I feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction.

— Kate Flannery

My head says, 'go to the gym.' but my heart says, 'stay on the internet forever and eat tacos!'

— Anonymous

I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.

— Eddie Marsan

“We had a teacher called Fanny Menlove, and I remember once when she was out of the room Nancy went up to…

— Peter FitzSimons

“Ninja chicken isn't he?" You grinned at me, rolling your sleeves up."We'll see about that." You reached into the cage. Instantly Dick…

— Lucy Christopher

I'm very grateful for social media. I think it has shown people my true nature, and through that has come a book…

— Laura Benanti

“He's going to arrest the Patrician, Vimes told himself, the thought trickling through his brain like an icy rivulet. He's actually going…

— Terry Pratchett

Watching comedy for the first time I felt absolutely on fire. I just couldn't believe there was this environment where people were…

— Mae Martin

If you enjoy and become a fan of Tony Rock, I really appreciate it! But, I do my comedy for me, so…

— Tony Rock

“I might also say, regarding reviews and reviewers, that I have yet to read a review of any of my own books…

— Edward Abbey

“And someone, somewhere, was having an even worse time of it than me. I tried to keep that in mind. No matter…

— Lish McBride

I like the English. They have the most rigid code if immorality in the world.

— Malcolm Bradbury

“After all, which would you rather do, pal, screw Bridget Bardot’s brains out or read reviews of her movies?”

— M.T. Bass

I got two stools, in case I want to sit down and sit down again on something else.

— Mitch Hedberg

“To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my…

— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

“Or should I say that he is like the hand that is able to scratch your itchy parts with the perfect amount…

— Memeko Arii

The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.

— Anne Lamott

I know LSD; I don't need to take it anymore. Maybe when I die, like Aldous Huxley.

— Albert Hofmann

Christina Hoff Sommers is a self-identified feminist and registered Democrat with a Ph.D. in philosophy and a wicked sense of humor.

— Bari Weiss

In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy.

— Dan Mazer

They say smile is the secret to stay young and cute... hHmMm.. hey? whats that smile f0r?.. :)

— Megz

Scared the postman by going to the door naked. Im not sure what scared him more, my naked body or the fact…

— Azgraybebly Joslan

“There was an omnivorous intellect that won him the family sobriquet of Walking Encyclopedia.”

— Eric Liu

“I was surprised he didn't just spit the nails into the wood like Popeye the Sailor Man.”

— Josh Lanyon

I think I did a lot of humorous films when I was young, and they were No. 1 films.

— Jane Birkin

Intelligence is like four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.

— Garrison Keillor

I would love to see an adaptation of 'Less' by Andrew Sean Greer. It has all the things I want in a…

— Phoebe Fox

Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone…

— Patrick Rothfuss

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.

— Seneca the Younger

“Child, there's a sayin' every fishmonger has. When you buy land, you buy stones. When you buy fish, you buy bones.”

— Karen Cecil Smith

I went out with this girl the other night, she wore this real slinky number...She looked great going down the stairs.

— Milton Jones

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.

— Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor…

— Anonymous

“Mae's first impulse was to die of shame, but she realized after a hot, stomach-clenching moment that this was probably impractical.”

— Sarah Rees Brennan

Humor is very important as people have forgotten to laugh at themselves these days. They should not lose the funny bones.

— Saswata Chatterjee