Career Quote by Ambrose Bierce

HOMŒOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.

— Ambrose Bierce

HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best…

— Ambrose Bierce

When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses not only…

— Johnny Carson

I am a comedian but it's usually not a compliment to be called a prop comedian but I guess I sometimes use props. And…

— Demetri Martin

I don't want to be classed as a humorist. It makes me feel guilty. I've never read a good tough quotable female humorist, and…

— Dorothy Parker

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets…

— Leo Rosten

A humorist doesn't really do that much note-taking.

— P. J. O'Rourke

When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.

— Johnny Carson

I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.

— Will Cuppy

If there's anything I hate it's the word humorist-I feel like countering with the word seriousist.

— Peter De Vries

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist"…

— Dave Barry

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 do that.

— David Sedaris

The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.

— W. Somerset Maugham

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, with Martin…

— Diego Cortez

I learned as a young man that I don't write jokes, but that I can deliver more mundane material and get a laugh. I…

— Nick Offerman