Bases Quote by H. P. Lovecraft

The world is a very serious and, at times, very sad place - but at other times it is all such a joke.

— George Harrison

I used to think that humor was the only way to appreciate how wonderful and terrible the world is, to celebrate how big life…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

— Mark Twain

But I will say that most comedians are the saddest people I know. That is the biggest paradox to me.

— Jean Reno

I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.

— Gene Wilder

In order to understand comedy, you need to understand what's sad about the world.

— Ayo Edebiri

Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject matter.

— Hasan Minhaj

There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.

— Rufus Wainwright

The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.

— Friedrich Schiller

I've always found the world funny and enjoy laughing at it, and that's what all comedians do.

— Michael McIntyre

“Most people don't understand what humor is. They think it's something lighthearted and cheerful. Like 'good humor.' But it isn't. It's looking into the…

— B.G. Harlen