Best Humour Thoughts
554 Humour quotes by 412 unique authors
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The real story of our times is seldom told in the horse-puckey-filled memoirs of dopey, self-serving presidents or generals, but in the outrageous, demented lives…
— Harlan Ellison
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The monster has escaped Elba!" "The tyrant has landed at Cannes!" "Bonaparte meets the troops." "Napoleon approaches Paris." "His Imperial Majesty has entered the capital.
— David Frum
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You can decide to invade Russia at dinner, pick Waterloo for battle on a whim. It's the details, the small stuff. Its easy to gamble…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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I also ache at that thought your majesty... But if they do not offer the sacrifice in blood now, we will all pay dearly with…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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You realise Group Captain that this might be the most important weather forecast in history?
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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One minute I'm exactly what Churchill described me the most powerful man in history. Now the Order's given, hell; I'm just audience front row center…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Of course Overlord did not fail. How could it? With some many fine young men and women from all corners of the earth all determined…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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One never really knows how much one has been touched by a place until one has left it.
— Thomas Jefferson
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It takes all sorts to make a world - saints as well as soldiers.
— Anthony Anderson
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The Japanese couldn't have been all bad during World War II. Look at all the movies Hollywood was able to make on account of them.…
— Pat Morita
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Our men must win or die. Pompey's men have... other options.
— Julius Caesar
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When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Please go on, make your threats. I don't like to submit to mere implication.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Is he a good man?" "Define 'good'.
— Cleopatra
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It hardly needs explaining at length, I think, how much authority or beauty is added to style by the timely use of proverbs. In the…
— Desiderius Erasmus
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I think of myself as a writer with a sense of humour rather than a comedy writer. Happy to tell a story with lots of…
— Steven Moffat
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I try to offset any tendency towards the macabre with humour. As I see it, this is a typically English form of humour. It's a…
— Alfred Hitchcock
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You can't take yourself too seriously.
— LeRoy Neiman
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I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The…
— Parminder Nagra
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I'm just an actor. If it's drama, I add as much humour as the part will stand. And if it's a comedy, add as much…
— Michael Pena
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I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have…
— Teresa Palmer
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There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles.
— Matthew Rhys
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I'm always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour.
— Tamara Mellon
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I can't be funny if my feet don't feel right.
— Billy Crystal
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The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an…
— Bob Hope
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412 authors contributed a total of 554 Humour Quotes, led by these top contributors: