America Quote by Florence King

Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point…

— James Thurber

There is certainly a higher percentage of wit in British comedy than in American comedy. What always tickles me is the way in which…

— Christopher Lloyd

So much of the humor on new sitcoms plays to the lowest common denominator. Wit isn't nearly given as much attention as slipping on…

— Betty White

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

— Frank Muir

The American public highly overrates its sense of humor. We're great belly laughers and prat fallers, but we never really did have a real…

— Bill Mauldin

Every American, to the last man, lays claim to a "sense" of humor and guards it as his most significant spiritual trait, yet rejects…

— E. B. White

Comedy in America is very serious. Either they laugh, or they don't.

— Gad Elmaleh

Humor is the pensiveness of wit.

— Robert Aris Willmott

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is…

— Simon Pegg

I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“But Americans have also exercised an additional option for decades: make fun of something. The Constitution does not guarantee Americans the right to satirize…

— Michael Kantor

Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth.

— Stan Laurel