Controversial Quote by Cullen Hightower

It's much easier to make jokes about sensitive issues if there is some dissent, some conflict.

— Mo Rocca

“To call such persons "humorists", a loose-fitting and ugly word, is to miss the nature of their dilemma and the dilemma of their nature.”

— James Thurber

I think there's always room for humor, especially when you're talking about really serious issues.

— Jay Asher

Humor is this great equalizer. It gets people's defenses down, and once they're down, you can discuss some really difficult topics.

— Luvvie Ajayi

To me, humor is part of a conversation with an audience.

— Scott Avett

There aren't many political humorists. Dave Barry is excellent, but he doesn't do it much.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.

— Niels Bohr

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

— Maria Bamford

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

In this political climate, people are so shut down to other ideas - I call it a hardening of the categories - that if…

— Kate Clinton

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

— Peter De Vries

I consider myself always a humorist. And I think anybody who tells jokes or makes people laugh is humor.

— Dick Gregory