Humorists Quotes

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I think that all comics or humorists, or whatever we are, ask questions. That's what we're supposed to do. But I not only ask the… — Roseanne Barr
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. — Ambrose Bierce
Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide. — Erma Bombeck
Neither conservatives nor humorists believe man is good. But left-wingers do. — P.J. O'Rourke
The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't; whichever seems likelier to win an effect. — John Updike
There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists. — Cullen Hightower
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 wishes,… — Ambrose Bierce
I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced him as the 'Will Rogers'… — Hugh B. Brown
Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish. — William Zinsser
In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a patient or as… — Vincent Canby
I did not intend to write a funny book, at first. I did not know I was a humorist. I have never been sure about… — Jerome K. Jerome
How will I be remembered? As a technician or artist? As a humorist or a visionary? — Norman Rockwell
I go in for what is known in the trade as 'light writing' and those who do that - humorists they are sometimes called -… — P.G. Wodehouse
A heartwarming tale of Christmas past that's chock full of all the wit and hilarity we admire in America's favorite humorist--Mark Twain. Carlo DeVito brings… — Gilbert King
If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a singer. — George Burns
I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working. — Peter Sellers
The American humorist sat on his couch suffering thoughts of her, trying to figure out how to win back her affections, wondering what had happened… — Richard Brautigan
I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration. — David Sedaris
Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not… — Garrison Keillor
Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this… — Thomas Carlyle

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