Best Humorists Quotes

50 Humorists quotes by 38 unique authors

The humorist who invented trial by jury played a colossal practical joke upon the world, but since we have the system we ought to try… — Mark Twain
It was a strange man, a kind of black humorist, a true philosopher. One day he said: "If my books could ensure an increase in… — William C. Brown
HOMÅ’OPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession. — Ambrose Bierce
Think of what would happen to us... if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record. — Thomas Lansing Masson
ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an… — Ambrose Bierce
A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well, it's much harder to make… — Alan Coren
You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one — Will Rogers
By his provocations to good-natured merriment, a humorist of the first water contributes as much to the sum of happiness as the gravest philosopher. — Christian Nestell Bovee
A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it. — Don Herold
No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all… — P.J. O'Rourke
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you. — Will Rogers
But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter. — David Sedaris
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he… — James Thurber
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. — Peter De Vries
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. — James Thurber
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too… — Andy Rooney
Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist. — George Burns
This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are. — Art Buchwald
It is the will of God that we must have critics and missionaries and congressmen and humorists, and we must bear the burden — Mark Twain
Humorists of the 'mere' sort cannot survive. Humor is only a fragrance, a decoration. — Mark Twain
Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or… — Leo Rosten
Great humorists are great insulters. — Dick Cavett
Professional humorists and cartoonists have to go through a stage in which they have to kill their own internal editor just so they can get… — Robert Mankoff
Many of the writers who have inspired me most are outside the genre: Humorists like Robert Benchley and James Thurber, screenwriters like Ben Hecht and… — John Scalzi
Think of what would happen to us in America if there were no humorists; life would be one long Congressional Record — Tom Masson

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