The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“All I have is me, myself and I and we are all getting really tired of each other.” — Carl White Copy Share Image
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
A humorist has to be taken seriously before he's considered a real writer. — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
If there's anything I hate it's the word humorist-I feel like countering with the word seriousist. — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“As someone else once said, "Write what you know". Well I know very little, so I write, and illustrate, Nonsense.” — Paul H Tubb Copy Share Image
You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I am a comedian but it's usually not a compliment to be called a prop comedian but I guess I sometimes use… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
One reason I didn't trust my writing for so long was that I always considered myself a serious dramatic actor. But people… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
“You gave me a dead frog for my birthday! To remind you we all die and end up rotting underground eaten by… — Soman Chainani Copy Share Image
I've never made up events, but I've always been a big exaggerator. It's written on my humorist license that I'm allowed to… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, it's much… — Alan Coren Copy Share Image
When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I've always been leery of comical artists because I think oftentimes they're hiding the fact that they're not that talented. For example,… — Diego Cortez Copy Share Image
As the tragic writer rids us of what is petty and ignoble in our nature, so also the humorist rids us of… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“In the afternoon the ship's company assembled aft, on deck, under the awnings; the flute, the asthmatic meodeon, and the consumptive clarinet… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I rejected the word humorist for a long time because I thought that it meant you had, like, a cardigan sweater with… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I don't want to be classed as a humorist. It makes me feel guilty. I've never read a good tough quotable female… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“[Uh-oh, it's bath time for Calvin.] MOM, who sits in the living room, has turned toward the door. Very likely she is… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“Hatshepsut has been called the first great woman of history. She simply appointed herself King of Egypt and that was all there… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
“Kako ljudi pretrpavaju svoj bijedni brodić do vrha jarbola skupocjenom odjećom i velikim kućama, nepotrebnom poslugom i gomilom nazoviprijatelja, kojima nimalo nije… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“Maybe some people enter in your life to create wonderful memories before they leave. Its hard to come to terms with that… — Juvenalius Copy Share Image
“Sahl was never a great comic. His nervous, jabbing, keep-them-off-balance delivery was the strategy of a man who was not comfortable in… — Albert Goldman Copy Share Image
[ I'm] humorist, I guess. Or really more of a reporter. A reporter who reports on funny things. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“Like most seasoned phonies, I roundly suspect that everyone is as disingenuous as I am.” — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
[Al] Franken is left-wing and funny. He's a pretty good political humorist. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“A comedian is better than a politician; at least there is no doubt.” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
“Behind every humorist who delights in knifing hypocrites is a major self-critic.” — Wendy Aron Copy Share Image
![“[Uh-oh, it's bath time for Calvin.] MOM, who sits in the living room, has turned toward the door. Very likely she is screaming the following words at the top of her lungs: CALVIN! Quiet down and quit that splashing! I don't want to have to clean the whole bathroom! CALVIN: Ha! I pulled the plug!…” quote by Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4e0/bill-watterson-728_childhood_uh-oh-it-s-bath-time-for-calvin-mom-who_1561979.jpg)
![“[ I'm] humorist, I guess. Or really more of a reporter. A reporter who reports on funny things.” quote by P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3aa/p-j-o-rourke-184_funny-things_i-m-humorist-i-guess-or-really-more-of-a_1449070.jpg)
![“[Al] Franken is left-wing and funny. He's a pretty good political humorist.” quote by P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/86b/p-j-o-rourke-184_als_al-franken-is-left-wing-and-funny-he-s-a_1874742.jpg)
